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Date: 19 Jun 2007 09:15:32
From: galwacco
Subject: Weird screw on telescope
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I am just curious!
take a look at this product:
http://www.astroshop.com.br/produto.asp?CodProd=07374
Why does one of the bracelets have a screw on top of it and the other
has none?
My telescope came like that and I thought it was missing the other
screw. Now that I know that it comes with only one screw I have no
idea what it is used for!
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Date: 20 Jun 2007 07:35:58
From: William Hamblen
Subject: Re: Weird screw on telescope
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On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:15:32 -0700, galwacco
<claudio.fernando@gmail.com > wrote:
>I am just curious!
>
>take a look at this product:
>http://www.astroshop.com.br/produto.asp?CodProd=07374
>
>Why does one of the bracelets have a screw on top of it and the other
>has none?
>
>My telescope came like that and I thought it was missing the other
>screw. Now that I know that it comes with only one screw I have no
>idea what it is used for!
You can use it to mount a camera for piggyback photography. You can
thread the screw into the tripod socket on the camera or you can put a
ball head (from a camera store) on the tube ring and mount the camera
on that. Piggyback shots are good for wide field shots using a
regular camera and lens.
Bud
--
The night is just the shadow of the Earth.
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Date: 19 Jun 2007 10:22:01
From: Howard Lester
Subject: Re: Weird screw on telescope
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"galwacco" wrote
> take a look at this product:
> http://www.astroshop.com.br/produto.asp?CodProd=07374
>
> Why does one of the bracelets have a screw on top of it and the other
> has none?
That screw is part of the clamp down/screw down mechanism for both your ring
mounts. It has nothing to do with mounting a camera.
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Date: 19 Jun 2007 13:45:39
From: George
Subject: Re: Weird screw on telescope
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"Howard Lester" <hlester@mmto.org > wrote in message
news:f593bq$j75$1@onion.ccit.arizona.edu...
> "galwacco" wrote
>
>> take a look at this product:
>> http://www.astroshop.com.br/produto.asp?CodProd=07374
>>
>> Why does one of the bracelets have a screw on top of it and the other
>> has none?
>
> That screw is part of the clamp down/screw down mechanism for both your
> ring mounts. It has nothing to do with mounting a camera.
The clamp down screw is on the side, not the top. The screw on the top is
for mounting a camera. At least, that is what mine is for.
George
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Date: 19 Jun 2007 10:47:07
From: Howard Lester
Subject: Re: Weird screw on telescope
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"George" wrote
> The clamp down screw is on the side, not the top. The screw on the top is
> for mounting a camera. At least, that is what mine is for.
Yes, you're right! At first I didn't see it in the photo. Don't ask me why I
didn't..... The weird thing is that I have the same rings...
:-)
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Date: 20 Jun 2007 07:37:23
From: George
Subject: Re: Weird screw on telescope
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"Howard Lester" <hlester@mmto.org > wrote in message
news:f594qs$t6r$1@onion.ccit.arizona.edu...
>
> "George" wrote
>
>> The clamp down screw is on the side, not the top. The screw on the top
>> is for mounting a camera. At least, that is what mine is for.
>
> Yes, you're right! At first I didn't see it in the photo. Don't ask me
> why I didn't..... The weird thing is that I have the same rings...
>
> :-)
Glad to know that I haven't completely lost it. Yeah, it looks a lot like
mine as well.
George
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Date: 19 Jun 2007 10:29:26
From: galwacco
Subject: Re: Weird screw on telescope
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On Jun 19, 2:09 pm, "George" <geo...@yourservice.com > wrote:
> "galwacco" <claudio.ferna...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> news:1182269732.839799.267040@u2g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
>
> >I am just curious!
>
> > take a look at this product:
> >http://www.astroshop.com.br/produto.asp?CodProd=07374
>
> > Why does one of the bracelets have a screw on top of it and the other
> > has none?
>
> > My telescope came like that and I thought it was missing the other
> > screw. Now that I know that it comes with only one screw I have no
> > idea what it is used for!
>
> I could be wrong, but that appears to be a camera mount. My scope has that
> same bolt and that is what it is for. Try seeing if the threads are the
> same as for mounting a dsl camera onto your scope. I strongly suspect that
> that is what it is.
>
> George
Thanks George!!
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Date: 19 Jun 2007 13:09:03
From: George
Subject: Re: Weird screw on telescope
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"galwacco" <claudio.fernando@gmail.com > wrote in message
news:1182269732.839799.267040@u2g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
>I am just curious!
>
> take a look at this product:
> http://www.astroshop.com.br/produto.asp?CodProd=07374
>
> Why does one of the bracelets have a screw on top of it and the other
> has none?
>
> My telescope came like that and I thought it was missing the other
> screw. Now that I know that it comes with only one screw I have no
> idea what it is used for!
I could be wrong, but that appears to be a camera mount. My scope has that
same bolt and that is what it is for. Try seeing if the threads are the
same as for mounting a dsl camera onto your scope. I strongly suspect that
that is what it is.
George
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