On or about 2007-03-06,
Jim illuminated us with:
In article , Pete Lawrence wrote:

The third method, which is most common with DSLR cameras, is prime
focus coupling. Here you lose both the eyepiece and the camera's lens.
The path to the camera's chip is as pure as it gets - i.e. there's no
glass between it and the telescope's primary mirror. This is the route
you want to follow Jim.


How do you go about getting greater magnification in that situation?

Depending on what you're trying to do, you usually want less not more
magnification. In my very limited experience, you get a much smaller
field of view (approximately the same as more magnification, but of
course there can be other effects going on) with a camera than you do
through the most powerful useful eyepeice. For anything other than the
moon, you'll probably be operating at the limits of the light
gathering capacity of the telescope and much more importantly, your
ability to focus the image. Then you'll be ready to start learning
about image-processing :-)

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