My alternative to Star Adventurer (sort of)

[PeterCPC]

I wanted to be able to guide my DSLR on the mount without piggy backing it on a scope. I saw a post on Cloudy Nights by "dayglow" so I thought that I would have a go. As you see, it's just a 100x50x5mm aluminium bar which I have bolted to a mini dovetail (the sort that Modern astronomy sells for use with a DSLR) and bolted on a synta guidescope foot. I also have a red dot finder that I can mount on the cameras hot shoe. I am debating whether to put my ED80 on first to align or just align using the DSLR lens - we'll see. Cost was under £20 in total for all parts.

Peter

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Neat set-up.

[smudgeball]

I'm never going to be a full DIYer

I bought my bracket.

[SteveA]

Nice one....

I take it that the rubber band isn't a key component in the overall design ?

Steve

[SteveNickolls]

Thanks for sharing this idea Peter I've made a note for the future :-)

Cheers,
Steve

[Stub Mandrel]

Neat solution :-)

Several ways to skin this cat! I can unscrew a dovetail holder from one end of this  leaving me with a camera mounting - using eth thumbscrew at far left underneath

[PeterCPC]

14 hours ago, SteveA said:

Nice one....

I take it that the rubber band isn't a key component in the overall design ?

Steve

It's my belt and braces. To ensure the finderscope does not slip out of the shoe.

Peter

[PeterCPC]

15 hours ago, smudgeball said:

I'm never going to be a full DIYer

I bought my bracket.

Interesting - I could not find anything when I searched. Does that have a dovetail to go on a normal mount?

Peter

[smudgeball]

No it's a standard tripod fitting onto the star adventurer fitting