Adapter for Toucam

On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:35:22 +0000, Pete Lawrence
wrote:

On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 09:14:35 +0000, BJK wrote:

On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 22:16:44 -0000, "Paul Smith"
wrote:

Hey guys.

I've just spent the evening dusted off my 10 year old Tal 2M and am
fancying having a bit of a bash at some planetary photography - I've only
previously ever done this with my old film SLR at prime focus, and that was
about 7 years ago.

I hear the general opinion around here is that the Toucam Pro 2 is the best
webcam for the job. So now it's really just a case of hunting down some
adapters.

So I'm going to need an adapter for eye-piece projection and one that fits
onto the Toucam. Has anyone got any experiences on which ones they have
found to be the best with the Tal 2M and where to get them from.

Thanks in advance.

I've just bought a low-profile Toucam adaptor (AC624) and an IR
blocking filter (AC582) from Telescope House they cost £13.99 and
£24.99 respectively (postage free). They also sell the standard length
adapter. I wouldn't advise buying the Toucam Pro II from them though,
not at £94.99 (inc adaptor). I got mine from Amazon for £36, saving
myself £45
I'm hoping that the low-profile adapter will allow me to take pics
through my Coronado PST.

The bit that comes out of the PST's main body is in two parts. The top
part is the blocking filter which needs to be in at all times. The
bottom part (i.e. the extension tube between the blocking filter and
the main body) is an empty tube. It is possible to remove this (it
unscrews from the body, leaving a female thread on the top of the body
cell. If you then unscrew the blocking filter from the extension tube,
the blocking filter's male thread will screw directly into the body
allowing DSLRs, webcams and whatever, to come to focus.

A special tool can be used to remove the quite tight extension piece,
although I managed it with a tea-towel and a pair of mole-grips. Be
careful not to distort the circular profile of the extension piece
when you grip it.

Pete - thank you, thank you, thank you. At last! Brian

On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 15:46:38 +0000, Brian Kilby wrote:

On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:35:22 +0000, Pete Lawrence

A special tool can be used to remove the quite tight extension piece,
although I managed it with a tea-towel and a pair of mole-grips. Be
careful not to distort the circular profile of the extension piece
when you grip it.

Pete - thank you, thank you, thank you. At last! Brian

Had you been waiting for this information Brian? ;-)
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Pete
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