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Re: [OM] More about the Astrofocuser, please!

Subject: Re: [OM] More about the Astrofocuser, please!
From: scheesjl@xxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 09:55:26 -0500 (EST)
You can find the details for the focuser at
http://web2.airmail.net/a0011306/images/Web-om2.jpg

Your also right, Dick has some great shots.  Well done Dick.

Joe Scheese
scheesjl@xxxxxxxx


> Dick Locke casually mentioned that . . . 
> 
> >there is a
> >device called "B&K astrofocuser" made for the camera.  I used one last 
> >night with my
> >OM1n for the 1st time; I think I'm going to like it!
> 
> Whoa, slow down, Dick! Tell me more. I've squinted my way toward many 
> "almost focused" astro images and have tried all kinds of things to 
> achieve perfect focus. My latest attempt was to create lens caps (not 
> Olympus!) with two large holes in them, which gives the effect of "double

> vision" until the star is in focus--the image gets darker with this setup

> however. Also, I've monkeyed around with the VariMagni (which just makes

> the image VeriDim) and sundry focusing screens. Usually I just end up 
> noodling around with the focusing ring, skooching it back and forth 
> between that final millimeter, trying to intuit the perfect focus. So 
> your astrofocuser has me interested - please explain it a bit more. BTW,

> you've got some great images at 
> http://www.flex.net/users/dtlocke/astrophoto/astro-index.htm, my hat's 
> off -- er, my hat's in front of the lens . . . whatever! They're great. 
> 
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> Kelton Rhoads, PhD
> Los Angeles, CA
> krho@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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