I attended Alan Dyer's 4-hour workshop on astrophotography with a DSLR last Friday. He strongly recommends the magnifying angle finder. In fact, that's all he uses. Frank > -----Original Message----- > From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jimmy Ray > Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 11:38 > To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [AZ-Observing] DLSR Focusing > > > I'm looking for the group's opinion on DLSR focusing when taking > astrophotos. I find that when I have the camara body mounted > in prime focus > (Canon XTi to a 8" or 11" SCT) it is dificult to assess focus > and to date > the results haven't been "stellar". I was looking at the > Canon magifying > angle finder "C" which has 1.25x and 2.5x and runs about $180 > delivered. > Other options or tricks? > > Jimmy Ray > > -- > See message header for info on list archives or > unsubscribing, and please > send personal replies to the author, not the list. > > -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.