Leica M (Typ 240) Attached to Telescope (2)

Prolog... | Eyepiece and Adapters | Camera Attached to Eyepiece | Camera Attached to Heritage P130 Telescope | Camera Attached to GSO 8" Dobson Telescope

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On this page, I demonstrate how I attach the Leica M (Typ 240) with a Voigtländer Color-Heliar 75mm f/2.5 lens to a telescope eyepiece with a T mount filter thread for taking astro photos using the projection technique. Projection technique means that the camera is mounted to the eyepiece, not directly to the telescope. The latter technique can only be used with SLR cameras where the body can be directly attached to the telescope - typically using a T mount adapter.

BTW: I mention the 1:50 method on this site several times. This is a simple variant of the projection technique - you hold the camera by hand to the eyepiece instead of attaching it firmly...

Note: Meanwhile, I sold /gve away both telescopes that are mentioned in this article, the Heritage P130 and the GSO 8" Dobson. I can therefore no longer report on any experiences with these telescopes at the Leica M (Typ 240).

 

Prolog...

At the beginning a few warnings:

 

Eyepiece and Adapters

Here, you can see the Revelation 32 mm DigiScope eyepiece and the two adapters needed to mount the Leica M (Typ 240) with a Voigtländer Color-Heliar 75mm f/2.5 lens to the eyepiece. A second adapter, a Baader DT ring adapter M37/M43 (or a step-down ring 43-37), is required, because there is no T mount adapter available, which directly fits the filter thread of the Color-Heliar lens (43 mm). You can remove the upper part of the eyepiece including the eyecup to reveal the T mount filter thread.

Left: Baader DT ring adapter M37/M43 (#2458022); right: Baader digital camera T mount adapter M37/M42 (#2408165)

Left: Baader DT ring adapter M37/M43 (#2458022); right: Baader digital camera T mount adapter M37/M42 (#2408165)

Top left: Baader T mount adapter M42/M37; bottom left: Baader DT ring adapter M37/M43; right: Revelation 32 mm DigiScope eyepiece

Top left: Baader T mount adapter M42/M37; bottom left: Baader DT ring adapter M37/M43; right: Revelation 32 mm DigiScope eyepiece

Top left: Baader T mount adapter M42/M37; bottom left: Baader DT ring adapter M37/M43; right: Revelation 32 mm DigiScope eyepiece

Top left: Baader T mount adapter M42/M37; bottom left: Baader DT ring adapter M37/M43; right: Revelation 32 mm DigiScope eyepiece

Top left: Baader T mount adapter M42/M37; bottom left: Baader DT ring adapter M37/M43; right: Revelation 32 mm DigiScope eyepiece - eyecup removed

Revelation 32 mm DigiScope eyepiece - eyecup removed and adapters attached

Revelation 32 mm DigiScope eyepiece - eyecup removed and adapters attached

 

Camera Attached to Eyepiece

Here, you can see the Leica M (Typ 240) with a Voigtländer Color-Heliar 75mm f/2.5 lens attached to the Revelation 32 mm DigiScope eyepiece:

Overview

Detail view

Overview

Detail view

 

Camera Attached to Heritage P130 Telescope

Here, you can see the Leica M (Typ 240) with Voigtländer Color-Heliar 75mm f/2.5 lens attached to the Dobsonian telescope Sky-Watcher Heritage P130 and the Revelation 32 mm DigiScope eyepiece:

Complete view

Detail view

Detail view

Detail view

Complete view - from front

Detail view - from front

Results cannot be published, since I gave the Sky-Watcher P130 telescope away to a friend April 2017.

 

Camera Attached to GSO 8" Dobson Telescope

Here, you can see the Leica M (Typ 240) withVoigtländer Color-Heliar 75mm f/2.5 lens attached to the GSO 8" Dobson telescope and the Revelation 32 mm DigiScope eyepiece:

Complete view

Detail view

Detail view

Detail view

Detail view

Detail view

Results cannot be published, since I gave the GSO GSD 680 8" Dobsonian telescope to a dealer for selling it in April 2017 (sold).

 

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