Which dovetail plate?

[Astroblagger]

Iv just got my widefield imaging set up complete, got an Atik 314L+ with a 200mm lens, im not sure which dovetail plate to get to bolt the lens and finderguider to? iv got a dual mount bar but its abit overkill if you ask me, pretty heavy duty for the job. Iv seen other people bolt it down with plates that then go onto the dovetail?  can anyone suggest a suitable one?

[iksose7]

I recently bought a dual bar, losmandy plate and guiding setup to go with my DSLR+200mm combo. And yes it is a bit overkill really!

I would slap everything on the single Losmandy plate because they are solid. Only reason i didnt is because i had trouble finding the right screws/bolts and i'm not sure everything would fit with the width of a DSLR taking up a lot of space.

How are you mounting your 200mm/CCD? With rings? Or a lens collar?

[Astroblagger]

With a lens collar

[iksose7]

I would go with a losmandy. I ended up with the Altair Astro version of one of these: http://www.firstlightoptics.com/adm-losmandy-type-d-series/adm-losmandy-style-universal-dovetail-bars.html

Rock solid compared to vixen bars.

[Astroblagger]

how do i fit these to an HEQ5 though?