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On 31/05/2019 at 06:21, skybadger said:

Checkout cloudy nights for a similar thread, you should find a link there. Be aware that you still need byn to operate the camera, for a Nikon at least.

Mike

Do you have a link to this thread? My searching didn't bring up anything... 

Does anyone have an updated download link for the installer? The link at the top of this thread is broken.

1 hour ago, alan potts said:

I have a couple of SW scopes and just got the ED finder for guiding, that works nicely. I have always thought SW scopes are nice in the optics department without being Lzos quality, though they seem to let themselves down somewhere on most things. The Mak180mm which I got a few years back has the old style Mak thread and had the most awful visual back I have ever seen, so cheap I binned it then bought a SC thread converter and put my Meade visual back on it. Whilst the focuser on the M/N 190mm is not the worlds best I do feel it sort of does the job for many smaller cameras. It doesn't stop there though with some, as many people want large chip CMOS and CCD's as well as filter wheels and other bolt ons like OAG's, here I could see the wheels coming off

I'm in the OAG category, and have fitted the Orion TOAG. I think I'm going to have to inject a shim of somekind to tighten up the drawtube. Let's see how this goes. It's a shame the focuser replacement isn't a simple process.

9 hours ago, JamesF said:

And a few threads from the archives that might be worth reading, though I don't know if this includes the one Olly was thinking of:

 

Reading the first link, the prospect of upgrading the focuser sounds very scary. Appreciate you sharing this, it has tempered my aspirations. Luckily the scope I have is reasonably well collimated - I think. When I rotate the Hotech SCA in the barrel, it moves suggesting that either the Hotech is off center or there's something off about the drawtube hole. Nonetheless, trying to KISS atm.

13 hours ago, vlaiv said:

Just a slight off topic, I wonder how does ES Comet hunter fare in imaging role? Again MN type scope, but 6" F/4.8 with 730mm it is very interesting on paper.

From my reading around the subject, I read that the ES MN takes a long time to cool down because it's carbon fiber. Not sure how big of a problem that is in the U.K., but certainly in the summer it could be an issue.

1 hour ago, alan potts said:

From my point of view it is one of the most complete scopes on the market. If visual you can get good wide field views with the right eyepieces and whilst a bit over the top for exit pupil I always use a 35mm Panoptic giving wide view and low magnification. At the over end it handles a 3.5mm Delos of even a bit shorter with magnification of over X300, gives first rate planetary views of Mars when it's close to us. Also judging by what I have seen it is more than capable for imaging in the right hands, not sure those hands belong to me yet though.

Alan

Haha.. I hope I'm so fortunate to be able to image with it. It's my first scope, but I've almost accumulated everything I need for AP. I do wish it came with a better focuser, the stock focuser really does feel rubbish. 

1 hour ago, JamesF said:

And a few threads from the archives that might be worth reading, though I don't know if this includes the one Olly was thinking of:

 

Thank you for this! 😍

13 minutes ago, ollypenrice said:

I remain surprised that nobody, so far as I know, has made a more mechanically up-market version using the stock optics

Hey Olly,

I just got my hands on this scope, and am in the process of setting up. Can you elaborate on this statement? What do you mean?

Thanks

Just bought a CEM60, so glad FLO will be stocking these, need to buy a tri-pier.