Skywatcher Heritage 130P flextube + DSLR?

[absurd2k2]

Hi,

I have a Canon EOS300D laying around, a Heritage 130P flextube scope and a huge desire to connect them together! I've read alot of comments about the focuser support on the Heritage, being made of plastic, not being strong enough to handle the weight of the camera.

Has anyone tried putting a DSLR onto this scope using a t-piece/ring and is able to comment on what the experience of using it was like? I obviously dont want to part with the cash of getting the adaptor if there is no hope of getting any enjoyment out of it.

Any advice appreciated.

Cheers,

Alex

[Cornelius Varley]

I don't think the focuser will big strong enough to hold a DSLR. You would also need a barlow lens to allow the camera to reach focus which would hang the camera further out putting more weight on the plastic focuser.

Peter

[Dodge]

It's nowhere near sturdy enough to support the weight of a DSLR - even if you have a really light camera body, it'll pull your collimation out of whack.

Great scope though, I really miss mine.

[absurd2k2]

Thanks for the advice. I guess i'll start shopping for a webcam

[Mountain View]

it is a great scope that fights above its weight as many have said, I have one and have just completed a mod which started as a flocking of the tube abd later included a seconadary tube which is also flocked but now extends as the heritage is extended, thereby giving continuous tube which is fully flocked, hope to post details and some photos soon, will probably start a new thread to deal with this one.

Gordon

[absurd2k2]

Sounds very interesting. I've been staring at a combination of a bino tripod adapter, and a piece of wood that would be sturdily attached to the heriage tube that might allow me to have the weight of the camera taken by something other than the focuser. Not sure how it might all fit together though.

[LukeSkywatcher]

The Heritage really just is NOT designed to handle a DSLR camera. A webcam attached to image planets or the Moon really is about the limit of this scope.

[Charlie_132]

I've seen a few galaxies but they're very small and you spend ages trying to work out if its actually a galaxy or not ...

[dav1d]

It also has the most irritating focuser of all time. You don't want your DSLR spinning round and round and round as you try to achieve focus & it'll be too bulky to use the 'friction method'

IMO it would be technically possible to connect the EOS to the Heritage, but it would be incredibly fiddly & you'd risk damaging both pieces of equipment.

edit: There was an idea a couple of months ago for a thread devoted to any & all pics taken through this scope, to show what it can do. Did that ever come to anything?