Thanks. Great tutorial. People like you make the internet a better place. I am getting my adapter tomorrow. This video will make it much less frustrating.
THankyou so much! i haven't been able to focus well enough to take any photographs through my telescope, but this looks very promising, can't wait to try it out tonight!
Thank you for making this. I've been searching everywhere for a simple "how to connect all the peices" and every site dances around it but never just gives a simple step by step. I now have my set up just in time for tonight's event!
Hi, the SLT 130 mirror is too low down in the tube to get the correct focal length for prime imaging. However, you can get thumb screws from amazon which will allow you to move the mirror further up the tube so that the focus is farther out. After you've done that conversion, you might need a barlow without a lens to get a lens to focus, but the telescope will then work for both. The SLR is one way of sensor imaging, but after the focal length is fixed, you can also use a Celestron Neximage which has an imager with a far higher pixel density than an SLR. Switching between the two gets you to different levels of zoom for prime imaging. The reason why I wanted to go with prime imaging was because I got a blue tinge on the images when I used a lens. With prime imaging, there's nothing except mirrors between the sensor and the moon, planet, star, or star system.
Awesome vid! I am actually in the process of moving my mirror forward on the Nexstar 130 SLT to obtain prime focus. Very easy to do, combined with a solid tripod and wedge mount it will actually do really well!
Hi, thanks for sharing this video. I'm just starting on putting together my passions on photography and astronomy, and it's very informative. I have a question that perhaps you can help answer. I've starting looking around for the T-ring and T-adapter, and was told that I shall need a T-adapter specific for my telescope. Is it so? Following the link you shared on ebay, and similar ones, I had thought that all I need to make sure is that it fits my telescope's eyepiece diameter. Thanks in advance!
If you fit the threaded 1.25" adapter that you removed from the focuser directly into the t-adapter, missing out the entire eyepiece projection assembly, you should be able to get the sensor close enough to achieve prime focus. With no glass in the optical train you get zero chromatic aberration and a nice wide field view.
This is an excellent video, thanks for sharing. I have one question. I have the exact same telescope but the focuser is very loose, e.g. it moves up on down easily when the top screw is not screwed tight and when I try to focus. This problem has gotten worse when I started hooking up my camera (which of course is heavy). Do you have the same issue?
Great Vid thank you... I'm completely new to the scope world I have a question hopefully someone can answer. I bought a bushnell telescope ( second hand ) and I'm wondering if my Olympus E-520 digital cam would hook up to it ? Is there a universal type adapter available ? Thanks from the mountains of British Columbia Canada...
looks nice, is it an expensive coupling? and is it my impression or you got some refractions in the picture even though you are using a reflector telescope?
Hi, i have a 130 astromaster and i've could not get focus with the cammera yet. Could you tell me the list of pieces you use and how to do it? I tried to use a 2x barlow but didn't work. In the cam screen i see the primary mirror reflected and repeated 3 times. Thanks for help.
Hi !Awesome video! What do you think of celestron astromaster 76eq as a 1st amateur telescope for my son?I own Nikon D750 do you think I would be able to connect my camera with celestron astromaster 76eq ? I will appreciate your feedback!Thank you!
hey there! im a total scrub with all that and im just doing researching before buying stuff and i really like that setup because i wanna use a dslr for photos and videos for stars and planets but here's the question can you see more planets with that telescope? and give me some first steps if u can or what to search about filtering out the atmosphere so i can see only the stars in a photo?!
Huh. I have the same setup, the same telescope and practically the same adapters and I did the thing you did and it only mostly focuses when the throw is all the way in.
Great information. Really appreciate you sharing this with us. I've thought about getting a telescope and wondered how hard it would be to hook up my DSLR. Have you been able to take any perfectly sharp pictures with the 6 lens? I'm guessing the atmosphere makes it hard.
I've tried but shakes quite a bit with even a 10 sec delay. Need to wait for no wind and get a remote shutter and a person might be able to get a good shot. I've only hooked it up a couple times. Might do more before the summer is over. If you get a telescope don't skimp. This one is ok but could be better.
I have a Nikon DSLR D7000 and would love to purchase the same things that you bought for yours. Can you please list the name of the attachments that you used for this video? Want to try to get images of planets, etc with something like this. Thank you
I have a similar setup. I have a 8 inch Newtonian reflector (made in Taiwan) to which i connect my Nikon d5200/d7200. Will soon make some photos and videos.
I am very impressed!! Some very nice pics without all the fancy stacking programs and average working man's priced telescope. Usually you see videos of people with $15000 telescopes and time exposures of 10 s of hours. You have inspired me. Thanks,
Benny McTeve Thanks. One nice thing about this setup is other people that are there including littler kids can look on the camera screen to see without poking their eye into the eyepiece. Pretty neat feature.
You're a very lucky man. The atmosphere where you are sounds awesome. The birds going, calm, no traffic sounds. I bet you get some real fucking killer views there. Sadly for me here in the UK light pollution is heavy where I live. I can get a decent view of most things but it would be great to have no light pollution. There are areas of the UK where there is next to no light pollution as they're reserve areas of the country for no build development and maybe one day I'll go there and take my Orion SkyQuest XT10g, that'll be a ball ache for sure but I'm sure one worth it. I appreciate the video.
Thanks for watching. That's too bad you have to deal with light pollution. I am lucky, live in the middle of nowhere but then I have to drive 45 minutes to find a decent grocery store.
Hi, I have been through every listing I an find on the internet but I am unable to find the adapter that you are using. I have found a bunch of 3 piece sets but none of them have that second inner tube that you show. T-ring adapter, telescope adapter, and the tube for the eye piece. Can you steer me in the correct direction to locate this set? Thanks
Two links below. One from the states and one from china should do. www.ebay.com/itm/Nikon-DSLR-to-telescope-VARIABLE-Projection-photography-Prime-focus-adapter/262767845015?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D38530%26meid%3D798750d6f8944bb5b123abe8ae18678f%26pid%3D100011%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D262198593450 www.ebay.com/itm/Telescope-Camera-Adapter-1-25-Extension-Tube-T-Ring-for-Nikon-DSLR-Metal-DC619-/172152291772?hash=item28151381bc:g:H3IAAOSwInVXHaq8
+scannerguy1968 The real question is... Why don't you show the moon lizards? GOV'T SHILL In all seriousness... Wish I lived somewhere without a bunch of light pollution.
Thanks for the great video. I have a Nikon D5500, it is set to manual, I look through the viewfinder...everything looks great, but nothing on my view screen except the message that my lens is not attached ! On your video...after all is said and done....you have a beautiful view of the moon on your camera monitor. What am I missing? Please help !! Thanks again. Tony
I've since sold the Nikon. Not sure. Maybe try de-clicking it a little. Or turning the mount so it isn't quite locked? Or maybe a setting for non Nikon lenses
Your video shows your LCD being used to focus the moon. I noticed your doing this around dusk. Can you focus with the LCD after sunset when the sky is dark? I haven't been able to use my Canon LCD to focus. Thanks!
I apologize, I didn't phrase my question clearly. How did you get your Nikon LCD to SHOW the focus of the Moon as you used the scope's focuser? I've tried every thing i can think of to get my Canon LCD to display the Moon and nothing works. My son who is a photographer thinks it's because my scope has an f11 f-stop which doesn't allow enough light in to display the Moon on the LCD. I can see the Moon in the camera eye piece but not the LCD. Frustrated!
Do believe the link is the exact one I bought. US selling so fast ship. Can get one from China cheaper but takes awhile to get it. www.ebay.com/itm/Nikon-DSLR-to-telescope-VARIABLE-Projection-photography-Prime-focus-adapter-/251565616406?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a927aad16
hi if I see through my Celestron AstroMaster 130 EQ Telescope even with 2x borrow lens all i see is small 0.3cm small Jupiter if i connect dslr its like small dot .. how should see Jupiter and Saturn in bigger size
Hey, nice video. Gonna ask you about t-ring. It will be enough if I order only t-ring? You know I mean DSLR+T-RING+DOBSONIAN (without t-adapter and stuff). Thanks
Rámí Al-Omari I know I can't just put the Nikon to the scope itself on a reflector. Think the focal length is too long. Camera cannot get close enough to the secondary mirror to focus. So you need the extension tube and an eyepiece. basically can't run it prime with a reflector I do believe. If that helps answer the question anyways.
+Rámí Al-Omari If you got a skywatcher dobson, the 1,25" adapter can screw off, and you can attach the T - ring directly to the wide piece of the adapter. I don't know if your camera will focus that way, because it depends on the distance between the sensor and the place where the T - ring goes. If you have one, then you can just buy the T - ting and try if it works, and if it doesn't work, you can buy the whole other stuff. And if you don't have a skywatcher dob, then you have to buy at least all the stuff from the video.
+Greg Kopanczyk Think the standard 1.25" The bottom extension on my eyepieces just fits through the bottom which locks it in. So as long as the silver extension piece is standard you'd be ok. The tube itself has room but unsure if 2" would work
What an exceptional video! Simple, easy to understand and informational !!! Thank you.
Love the editing! Thanks for taking the time to save us the time.
love those country noises with the birds singing away, nice
This is very instructive yet quite simple. I was looking for a video to take a look at this set up, but there isn't any video as good as this. Thanks.
Thanks. Great tutorial. People like you make the internet a better place. I am getting my adapter tomorrow. This video will make it much less frustrating.
THankyou so much! i haven't been able to focus well enough to take any photographs through my telescope, but this looks very promising, can't wait to try it out tonight!
Thank you for making this. I've been searching everywhere for a simple "how to connect all the peices" and every site dances around it but never just gives a simple step by step. I now have my set up just in time for tonight's event!
+Christopher Michael Cool. I'm hoping for no clouds but isn't looking good. Good luck
Man I wish I can have your voice... and your telescope... but mostly your voice.
Start smoking.. :| ....but not really that's horrible advice.
I know this is 4 years old but I am thinking he sounds a bit like Seth Rogen. 🧐
Right? 😊
@@eresparami3008 🤣💐💐😘🤣
Be happy with what you have
Thank you so much for this, I could not figure out why it wasn't focusing!
Great video.Really like those shots at the end. Thanks.
You have some nice shots of the moon - thank for posting.
Thanks again got the same scope, and I looked up your video again for a review.
I love the sound of the birds! The one of the reasons i love to go to the fishing :-)
Excellent video. Lots of really good information. Thank you. Scott
Thanks for the video it was really helpful. I got it to work with a 25mm but no luck with the 9mn
Love the birdsong
Hi, the SLT 130 mirror is too low down in the tube to get the correct focal length for prime imaging. However, you can get thumb screws from amazon which will allow you to move the mirror further up the tube so that the focus is farther out. After you've done that conversion, you might need a barlow without a lens to get a lens to focus, but the telescope will then work for both. The SLR is one way of sensor imaging, but after the focal length is fixed, you can also use a Celestron Neximage which has an imager with a far higher pixel density than an SLR. Switching between the two gets you to different levels of zoom for prime imaging. The reason why I wanted to go with prime imaging was because I got a blue tinge on the images when I used a lens. With prime imaging, there's nothing except mirrors between the sensor and the moon, planet, star, or star system.
Thank you for this video. I’m going to try this set up tonight on a 80mm Celestron
same
Thank you very much - couldn't figure it out with the adapter I purchased!
after 8 useless videos, finally, one that makes sense. Thank you.
Awesome vid! I am actually in the process of moving my mirror forward on the Nexstar 130 SLT to obtain prime focus. Very easy to do, combined with a solid tripod and wedge mount it will actually do really well!
I've read about that. Should be nice once done.
Very clear explanation,I will try it with my Nikon D3100.
Man great video thank you so much! I been kicking my but trying to figure it out. You have amazing CZcams channel always watching your videos. 🙏
Thanks much
This is excellent info. I hear of problems with cameras on reflector telescopes that it can't focus.
Hi, thanks for sharing this video. I'm just starting on putting together my passions on photography and astronomy, and it's very informative.
I have a question that perhaps you can help answer. I've starting looking around for the T-ring and T-adapter, and was told that I shall need a T-adapter specific for my telescope. Is it so? Following the link you shared on ebay, and similar ones, I had thought that all I need to make sure is that it fits my telescope's eyepiece diameter.
Thanks in advance!
very nice! I liked the prime focus on top of the eye-piece instead of just plain inside the telescope! I'd like to get an adapter like yours!!! :)
If you fit the threaded 1.25" adapter that you removed from the focuser directly into the t-adapter, missing out the entire eyepiece projection assembly, you should be able to get the sensor close enough to achieve prime focus. With no glass in the optical train you get zero chromatic aberration and a nice wide field view.
This was a question I had and you seemed to have answered it. The adapters fit and are Universal to most telescopes.
Thank you, very informative video and beautiful moon, btw.
thank you so much. I'm off to a trip and this helped me a lot. xoxo
WOOW those are some impressive results.
Perfect video and great instructions. THANKS! First light tonight.
Can't you plug in the dslr straight to the 2 inch opening under your 1.25 inch eye piece adaptor?
This is an excellent video, thanks for sharing. I have one question. I have the exact same telescope but the focuser is very loose, e.g. it moves up on down easily when the top screw is not screwed tight and when I try to focus. This problem has gotten worse when I started hooking up my camera (which of course is heavy). Do you have the same issue?
Hey another helpful vid. If you get this, I wonder if you can identify the name of the DSLR/eyepiece adapter you're using. Thanks again!
You are a life saver thanks much gonna try it I have same slt130 but Nikon 3500 DSLr
Many thanks for this helpful video it made it easy and clear for me
Great Vid thank you... I'm completely new to the scope world
I have a question hopefully someone can answer.
I bought a bushnell telescope ( second hand ) and I'm wondering if my Olympus E-520 digital cam would hook up to it ? Is there a universal type adapter available ?
Thanks from the mountains of British Columbia Canada...
Thanks Jack- helped alot. Regards, Jeffrey
Thanks. I think I got my D3200 set up ok with my NexStar 8se. I'll see this evening for the Jupiter-Saturn convergence (12-21-2020).
looks nice, is it an expensive coupling? and is it my impression or you got some refractions in the picture even though you are using a reflector telescope?
Hi, i have a 130 astromaster and i've could not get focus with the cammera yet. Could you tell me the list of pieces you use and how to do it? I tried to use a 2x barlow but didn't work. In the cam screen i see the primary mirror reflected and repeated 3 times. Thanks for help.
Hi !Awesome video! What do you think of celestron astromaster 76eq as a 1st amateur telescope for my son?I own Nikon D750 do you think I would be able to connect my camera with celestron astromaster 76eq ? I will appreciate your feedback!Thank you!
Can I use this setup with a camcorder with a 49mm filter size?
Great video... from Australia
Great video, thanks.
Very useful, thank you.
Very good video man.
hey there! im a total scrub with all that and im just doing researching before buying stuff and i really like that setup because i wanna use a dslr for photos and videos for stars and planets but here's the question can you see more planets with that telescope? and give me some first steps if u can or what to search about filtering out the atmosphere so i can see only the stars in a photo?!
Huh. I have the same setup, the same telescope and practically the same adapters and I did the thing you did and it only mostly focuses when the throw is all the way in.
can you share info on the telescope? which one is this? and any good inputs to go for?
Great information. Really appreciate you sharing this with us. I've thought about getting a telescope and wondered how hard it would be to hook up my DSLR. Have you been able to take any perfectly sharp pictures with the 6 lens? I'm guessing the atmosphere makes it hard.
I've tried but shakes quite a bit with even a 10 sec delay. Need to wait for no wind and get a remote shutter and a person might be able to get a good shot. I've only hooked it up a couple times. Might do more before the summer is over. If you get a telescope don't skimp. This one is ok but could be better.
The celestron zoom lens fits right onto the t adapter
I have a Nikon DSLR D7000 and would love to purchase the same things that you bought for yours. Can you please list the name of the attachments that you used for this video? Want to try to get images of planets, etc with something like this. Thank you
Great job!
How about deep sky objects? Isn't prime focus photography better than projection?
do you have a link for the tube at 1min .24sec thanks
I have a similar setup. I have a 8 inch Newtonian reflector (made in Taiwan) to which i connect my Nikon d5200/d7200. Will soon make some photos and videos.
I Jessie ventura. lol I really that you was him!
omg, I'M CRYING! xD
Thank you very much
I am very impressed!! Some very nice pics without all the fancy stacking programs and average working man's priced telescope. Usually you see videos of people with $15000 telescopes and time exposures of 10 s of hours. You have inspired me. Thanks,
Benny McTeve Thanks. One nice thing about this setup is other people that are there including littler kids can look on the camera screen to see without poking their eye into the eyepiece. Pretty neat feature.
That's so cool!!!!
Will this focus on farther out things say like Mars? Or Jupiter
My friend. Do you have a link for the adapter where I can buy it
You sound like Jesse Ventura :D great video
my telescope has a moon filter and a warning about it. Doesn't the sensor gets damaged?
thats beautiful man
can you tell me what it's the actual name of the adapter kit that you have?
My camera is the D5000 and with the adapter ring it does not recognize a lens. Is that a software setting, what am I missing?
Sorry where can i buy these adapter for dslrs
Or name of this ....
Amazing. Thanks
You're a very lucky man. The atmosphere where you are sounds awesome. The birds going, calm, no traffic sounds. I bet you get some real fucking killer views there. Sadly for me here in the UK light pollution is heavy where I live. I can get a decent view of most things but it would be great to have no light pollution. There are areas of the UK where there is next to no light pollution as they're reserve areas of the country for no build development and maybe one day I'll go there and take my Orion SkyQuest XT10g, that'll be a ball ache for sure but I'm sure one worth it.
I appreciate the video.
Thanks for watching. That's too bad you have to deal with light pollution. I am lucky, live in the middle of nowhere but then I have to drive 45 minutes to find a decent grocery store.
@@scannerguy1968 Haha. Pros and cons to everything.
what is the connector called which houses the eye lens and do you want a purchase link?
www.amazon.com/Deluxe-Telescope-Camera-Adapter-Canon/dp/B0053ZJW5G
That's for a Canon, but look down on the page there are links for other camera brands.
what do you attach on your d5100 nikon camera to the telescope? Do you have a link?
Thank you
Will it work with any telescope i buy?
NICE JOB ON VIDEO
Thanks a lot !
Good job 👍
Hi, I have been through every listing I an find on the internet but I am unable to find the adapter that you are using. I have found a bunch of 3 piece sets but none of them have that second inner tube that you show. T-ring adapter, telescope adapter, and the tube for the eye piece. Can you steer me in the correct direction to locate this set? Thanks
Two links below. One from the states and one from china should do.
www.ebay.com/itm/Nikon-DSLR-to-telescope-VARIABLE-Projection-photography-Prime-focus-adapter/262767845015?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D38530%26meid%3D798750d6f8944bb5b123abe8ae18678f%26pid%3D100011%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D262198593450
www.ebay.com/itm/Telescope-Camera-Adapter-1-25-Extension-Tube-T-Ring-for-Nikon-DSLR-Metal-DC619-/172152291772?hash=item28151381bc:g:H3IAAOSwInVXHaq8
Thanks that helped alot
Billy Close same problem as mine ... I purchased that item without the inner tube and it won't work or focus to any thing
thank you
Very helpful....
awesome ty!
You sound like jessie ventura.
+Jack Murdock Get that a lot
+Jack Murdock He ain't got time to bleed!
+scannerguy1968
The real question is... Why don't you show the moon lizards?
GOV'T SHILL
In all seriousness... Wish I lived somewhere without a bunch of light pollution.
All American
To tell you the truth I am thinking Seth Rogen.
I have a Nikon p600 id like to hook to my mead 70mm Do you know if they make a set up for that ?? Thats nice video.
I doubt it unless you have threads on the end of your lens. But I haven't seen any setups like that
do you need to use the eyepiece in order to focus? I only have the T-ring and T-adapter (so im not using an eyepiece) and i cant focus my D3200
Did it work? Wanna try this with mine but I'm quite busy atm lol :)
Thanks for the great video. I have a Nikon D5500, it is set to manual, I look through the viewfinder...everything looks great, but nothing on my view screen except the message that my lens is not attached ! On your video...after all is said and done....you have a beautiful view of the moon on your camera monitor. What am I missing? Please help !! Thanks again. Tony
I've since sold the Nikon. Not sure. Maybe try de-clicking it a little. Or turning the mount so it isn't quite locked? Or maybe a setting for non Nikon lenses
Can You post Link Of That T-Ring Mount ..?
Thank you so much for this video !
+emily jennings dslr telescope adapter. There are quite a few on ebay. As long as they have the t-ring adapter for your make of dslr
Thank you Scannerguy , my son will see things unimaginable
Your video shows your LCD being used to focus the moon. I noticed your doing this around dusk. Can you focus with the LCD after sunset when the sky is dark? I haven't been able to use my Canon LCD to focus. Thanks!
+alan whitson Actually I used the scopes focuser. May have been fiddling with the screen at the same time though.
I apologize, I didn't phrase my question clearly. How did you get your Nikon LCD to SHOW the focus of the Moon as you used the scope's focuser? I've tried every thing i can think of to get my Canon LCD to display the Moon and nothing works. My son who is a photographer thinks it's because my scope has an f11 f-stop which doesn't allow enough light in to display the Moon on the LCD. I can see the Moon in the camera eye piece but not the LCD. Frustrated!
I have the camera connected correctly (Nikon D3200) but the pictures are coming out kinda dark! Any suggestions for what settings I should use?
Run in manual and up your iso setting and or lower your shutter speed until they are bright enough
great video. i have the same exact telescope. i have tried find this adapter on ebay but no luck. can you provide the link so we can buy it?
Do believe the link is the exact one I bought. US selling so fast ship. Can get one from China cheaper but takes awhile to get it.
www.ebay.com/itm/Nikon-DSLR-to-telescope-VARIABLE-Projection-photography-Prime-focus-adapter-/251565616406?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a927aad16
telescope adapter?
hi if I see through my Celestron AstroMaster 130 EQ Telescope even with 2x borrow lens all i see is small 0.3cm small Jupiter if i connect dslr its like small dot .. how should see Jupiter and Saturn in bigger size
Not going to be very big. Need to have a smaller mm eyepiece. Like 12.5km I think
Hey,
nice video. Gonna ask you about t-ring. It will be enough if I order only t-ring? You know I mean DSLR+T-RING+DOBSONIAN (without t-adapter and stuff). Thanks
Rámí Al-Omari I know I can't just put the Nikon to the scope itself on a reflector. Think the focal length is too long. Camera cannot get close enough to the secondary mirror to focus. So you need the extension tube and an eyepiece. basically can't run it prime with a reflector I do believe. If that helps answer the question anyways.
+Rámí Al-Omari If you got a skywatcher dobson, the 1,25" adapter can screw off, and you can attach the T - ring directly to the wide piece of the adapter. I don't know if your camera will focus that way, because it depends on the distance between the sensor and the place where the T - ring goes.
If you have one, then you can just buy the T - ting and try if it works, and if it doesn't work, you can buy the whole other stuff. And if you don't have a skywatcher dob, then you have to buy at least all the stuff from the video.
Wow a monster telephoto camera
what is the max outer diameter of eyepieces that you can slide inside
+Greg Kopanczyk Think the standard 1.25" The bottom extension on my eyepieces just fits through the bottom which locks it in. So as long as the silver extension piece is standard you'd be ok. The tube itself has room but unsure if 2" would work
Very nice :)
Cool!
Thanks