How to take pics with a T-mount?

[Craig231]

Hello, i have recently purchased a T-mount adapter for for my telescope. I tried to take some pictures of Jupiter and Orion's nebula but they didnt come out to good?

I put my wide angle eyepiece in the T-mount to take the pics.

Any advice would be great.

Thank you

[Merlin66]

Which camera are you using?

A DSLR body?

If so there's usually no lenses involved for prime focus imaging....

Is it a camera projection adaptor which can hold an eyepiece inside???

[Craig231]

Hi, yes its a Sony DSLR.

Sorry i when i said wide angle lens i meant eyepiece. The T-mount has a screw so that you can put a eyepiece inside. Would you say then i would get better results with out putting my eyepiece inside??

[Merlin66]

Yes...

For your first trials just use the camera body and the front section of the camera adaptor.

When you insert this combo into your focuser you should be able to focus the camera on the moon or stars.

A good place to start.

[chard]

Does this help?

[Craig231]

Hello, thanks for the diagram

Yes that is how i was setting it up, except i put my wide angle eyepiece in the T-mount?

So you rekon that i should take the eyepiece away and try it as the diagram shows?

[chard]

Yes, that's it. Give it a go in daylight and see if you can bring a distant object to focus.