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  1. Matnb
    I think I found it for sale. It's the same piece hand made in the video of Nigel G but for Fuji mirrorless, and technical specs says that it adds only 10mm to the camera flange focal distance which is 17.7 I guess we are quite inside the focal range, nevertheless I will try to check on the OTA before buying it. I must say that italian Sky Watcher client service was wonderful. They gave me hints and found me the piece itself. That basically would mean that all new mirrorless camera can achive prime focus on this tube
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    I didn't find anything ready made. I am scared it would cost more than 50$. Looking at the measurables given in the video above, I think one could buy a Sony or Fuji T adapter (15$) then unscrew the T ring (6 mm), cut away almost all the tube and keep just the flange (7-8mm), glue the flange to the T ring. The piece should be short enough to go directly on the scope eyepiece holder which is free to rotate, so non need to have a rotating T ring. The resulting adapter would be long as a standard Canon T adapter but the sensor is only 16-18 mm deep instead of 44 as in Canon Eos. That's a few mm more than the 1 inch required to achieve prime focus according to the very clear video fron Nige. Wondering if someone tried. And if someone sells fuji mount flanges, just the flange.
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    I think that this telescope would be very good for beginners, especially for teenagers thanks to the new wifi goto system manageable on smartphones. It's a shame that it cannot reach prime focus with a dslr. I was thinking there should be no problem with recent mirrorless camera, because Sony or Fuji mounts have a flange focal distance of 16, 17 mm insted of 44, 46 like Dslr... ...Unfortunately it seems all T mounts for Fuji and Sony are made to bring that distance to 55 like in Dslr! Having a fuji xt-20 I am curious to know if someone made it, either by cutting the adapter or finding a short adapter because I am thinking to buy this telescope to use it in camping with my children
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