With the variable projection adapter, you can take beautiful photographs of moon and planets the easy and effective way. You can use your own 1.25" eyepieces.
Easy use:
Simply push your 1.25" eyepiece into the adapter and fix it with the thumbscrew. put the adapter into the focuser of your telescope screw your camera via T2-ring to the T2 thread (T2-rings are optional) and start the more you extend the adapter, the more increases the magnification
Practical tip - which eyepieces are well suited:
For eyepiece projection, we recommend eyepieces with focal distances between 9 mm and 15 mm. Shorter ones give too much magnification, so the image gets too dark. Longer focal distances do not enhance the magnification effect sufficiently.Especially well suited are orthoscopic and Plössl eyepieces. The give a god image, do not cause chromatic aberration and also offer a goot sharpness over the whole field.
Two adapters in one - if you want to take pictures in prime focus:
In prime-focus photography, no eyepiece is used. The camera body /without lens!)is directly attached to the telescope by using a T2 ring. The telescope is converted to a telephoto lens.Unscrew the 1.25" barrel from the adapter and screw on the T2 ring. Insert the comination into the focuer, attach your camera and get started.Be careful: some telescopes, like small Newtonians, are not suited for this kind of photography, as you will not get into focus. Nevertheless, eyepiece projection works.
Scope of Delivery:
- Variable 1.25" Adapter for eyepiece-projection and prime-focus photography
Telescope side: | 1.25" barrel with filter thread |
Camera side: | T2-thread (M42x0.75) |
Receptacle: | accepts 1.25" eyepieces up to 35 mm housing diameter |