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Thanks guys, exactly what I needed. Regards Clive

I have a Canon 1100d dslr, and I was wondering if there is an adapter out there that I can attach my camera to that will fit the finder scope shoe of my SW 200P . Can't seem to find something suitable on the Internet. Many thanks.

I have a Skywatcher dual axis set up( RA and DEC motors with the red enhanced handset) Skywatcher 200P on an EQ5 Mount. Tracking is great with very little drift. The problem is that after an hour or two when I try to slew in RA the motor just keeps running even though I've taken my thumb off the button, so I have to disconnect the power to stop it. When I reconnect the power the motor resumes normal tracking, until I press the button again. It doesn't matter what the speed setting is(0.5x, 2x, or 16x) it runs at 16x. It's the same in both directions. This only seems to happen after I have been using the controller for a while. There is no problem with the DEC axis. I Use a Celestron Power Tank. HELP!

Hi Cornelius Varley Thanks for your reply. I got all that information. What I wanted to know is can I use the finder scope as a guide scope, using an adapter to attach the camera. If so, where can I get said adapter?(if they exist) The adapters with the camera are for telescope eyepiece only. Regards. Clive.

Just purchased the above camera and I was wondering if I could use it as a guide camera using my bog standard SkyWatcher finder scope. Obviously I would need an adapter, do these adapters exist and if so, would the setup work? I'm not using SYNSCAN, I have dual stepper motor drive. I am new to guiding, so any help would be appreciated.

I have the newer red Skywatcher dual axis control box which has an ST4 port, as was mentioned above, so can I assume that it would work, provided that I have the right software? Clive

I have a Skywatcher 200P reflector on an EQ5 mount. At the moment I use RA and DEC stepper motors connected to a hand control box. Is it possible to use a guide scope and camera to control the stepper motors via a laptop and the control box or do guide cameras only work with Go To mounts. Regards Clive