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Hi James, Thank you, I don't know why I didn't notice the angled bit for a dovetail on the mount. Dovetail + quick release solution seems perfect ! Easy and (relatively) inexpensive.

Hi, Thank you. I will go and look trough the 50+ pages of this post, it'll take some time 🙂 But it seems there are some amazing pictures in it ! Also thanks for the red dot finder tip. Is that useful even with a goto remote ? And can I mount a (powerful) green laser pointer instead (which I already have), or is it not the same use ? I'll try using the canon app as well ( until I remove the filter of an old canon body that doesn't have any connectivity that is ). I just went from a 5D3 to an EOS R, so I'm not yet used to all those wifi/remote modern stuff . Thanks again !

Hello everyone, I am a complete beginner and have recently got my hands back on an old Sky watcher EQ3-2 mount that I bought many years ago but never used but I am struggling a bit figuring out witch part I still need and get it ready to take some pictures of milky way, moon, or other easiest objects ( deep sky, we'll see after that I'll start easy !) My goal for now is to attach a DSLR ( I do have a few ultra wide angle, a 50mm 1.2, a 85 1.2 and an extremely cheap 650-1300 f/8 lens, not sure if this one will be usable for astro ) So far, I figured I obviously need something to polar align. I found this. I also intend to replace the old motor batteries holder with a lithium battery (and a cheap voltage regulator I guess ?). And I should be almost good to go, but my main problem is attaching the DSLR onto the mount. I don't know what to buy (or make, if easy enough). I am guessing that the word for what I need is a "saddle" ? and then I would need a "dovetail" female thing part, and then a dovetail bar that I can screw the dslr on ?.. I am lost with terminology and parts names So that you can see what I am talking about, attached here are 3 pictures of: the EQ3-2 "head" I currently have, and also a piece of metal with a thread I made from an old spare part so I can still use it in the meantime, but it's far from perfect: it's a bit loose, and more important, it's difficult to align the lens and the prevent rotation of the camera. I guess it's good enough for milky way / 50mm, but I'll never be able to use deeper focal length that way. So in other words, my goal is to replace that solution/piece I made, with something better. So.. any help, link, pointer would be greatly appreciated !