Telescope camera adapter




Above, camera adapter with  telescope eypiece inserted, visible at left.  Shiny part at right is standard 1.25" eyepiece size.   Threads at left are T-mount size, and will screw into a camera T-mount adapter for connection to camera.
Below, adapter taken apart, along with some other parts.



Above, in addition to the disassembled camera adapter, is T-mount adapter for camera, which the adapter will screw into.  The eyepiece adapter part of the camera just above it to right will also screw into it.  At top right, is a T-mount adapter for my 102 mm diameter, 1000mm FL Schmidt Cassegrain spotting scope, which will also screw into the camera T-mount adapter.




Above, camera adapter with T-mount adapter in telescope eyepiece holder.




Above camera attached to adapter. 





Above, camera with T mount adapter, and telescope eyepiece adapter attached.






Above, the camera directly attached to scope via above adapter.  Note, there is no telescope eyepiece in this configuration. The scope mirror focuses directly on the camera's CCD. This can give good quality, but suffers from vignetting, and also there is no way to vary the magnification.








Above, the camera adapter connected to my 102mm 1000mmFL Meade spotting scope.


Above, direct connection via the T-adapter.  No eyepiece in this configuration. 




Above, small SD video camera connected to camera adapter.




Anyway, I was trying to display the variety of ways I've attached cameras to my 2 telescopes.  Unfortunately, I haven't gotten particularly good results with any of the above.  Probably the best results are with the camera adapter with a relatively low magnification lens.  The video camera connection also gives relatively good results, except that since it needs a connection to a TV in order to see what you're filming, and to focus, it's rather hard to use away from the house.  Also, in some configurations, I have a hard time getting enough focusing range to focus properly.