DaphneVS

Hi all, I have some issues with my new PST which I have already dismantled and readjusted to no avail, I am hoping you might be able to help me out. Out of the box, I noticed that it could only show some surface detail, a sunspot a n d tiny prominences at a single focus spot which was right at the (left) edge of the tube turn. Anywhere else to the right - nothing but a blank (but vibrant, which seemed to rule out rust issues) red disc. This looked odd because I was expecting to see either (prominence)-or(sunspots and granulation) but not all together, but there it was. I thought maybe the tube turret had been mounted wrong, so I took the rubber band off and moved the stopping screw five holes to the left. The result is that the focus spot is now at the middle of the tube turn instead of the extreme left, but nothing else seems changed. I still see a blank disc when turning the etalon right or left of that point. A second issue regards imaging - I'm not set up for ccd imaging and don't use a tracking mount, but merely handhold a digicam to the eyepiece , still unlike my afocal moon captures with other scopes, the images i took through the pst all show the same - the disc at an angle, with a big blank spot, and granulation at the top only. as for prominences, unlike naked eye observing, the digicam captures either the prominence, or the inside of the disc (without moving the etalon though), but maybe that's as it should be (?) attached two sample pics (the second is a stack of nine consecutive captures) . Do these seem normal to you in a pst? Naturally suspecting filter rust i had a close look at the blocking filter and the itf, and found no edge or center rust on them however, both feature golden specks which I wonder about (phone pics attached!) - oxydation? something else? Lastly, the prism doesn't look all that well aligned to me. I have tried to nudge it a little but it returns to its original place. However I didn't remove the screw (there is a big blob of glue round the contact area)- was that a prerequisite to successful adjusting of the chips? The misalignement isn't huge, but I wonder if it might be sufficient to produce that angled image I see in the eyepiece (?) - more phone pics of the prism attached