I'm thinking... (and that's dangerous...)
Dec 10, 2017 16:35:25 #
OK, so I was playing with Alnitak again last night...
I have the Infinity oriented so it moves up or down with the up or down NexRemote buttons.
Left or right is depending on East or West of the meridian.
In doing that, the Infinity's view and the guide camera's view work together with the direction buttons. And yes, the guide camera is oriented 90 degrees to achieve the proper motion/button orientation.
OK, so I was happy... until.
It puts the sensor's rectangular shape long side up.
So I loosened the ring and turned the camera 1/4 (90 degrees) left, and while it oriented the sensors shape so I could get the wide-view, it screws up the direction buttons. The 'up' button moves sideways, and the left-right buttons move up or down.
I've never used the capability to rotate the entire back end of the refractor to orient the guide scope and camera to a level plane for imaging. Biggest reason is the focusing knobs restrict it, and now with my Vixen bar mounted electronic focuser, it makes it unfeasible.
If I could loosen a ring on the remote, then turn the buttons so they could be oriented to the direction they make the mount move, well problem solved.
I think the malfunction stems from one size counterweight (11 pounds of pig iron) fits all.
Hummm....
I guess I could continue to twist the cameras.
What do you do? (Besides rotation in Post)
Hang the AVX off the wall?
I have the Infinity oriented so it moves up or down with the up or down NexRemote buttons.
Left or right is depending on East or West of the meridian.
In doing that, the Infinity's view and the guide camera's view work together with the direction buttons. And yes, the guide camera is oriented 90 degrees to achieve the proper motion/button orientation.
OK, so I was happy... until.
It puts the sensor's rectangular shape long side up.
So I loosened the ring and turned the camera 1/4 (90 degrees) left, and while it oriented the sensors shape so I could get the wide-view, it screws up the direction buttons. The 'up' button moves sideways, and the left-right buttons move up or down.
I've never used the capability to rotate the entire back end of the refractor to orient the guide scope and camera to a level plane for imaging. Biggest reason is the focusing knobs restrict it, and now with my Vixen bar mounted electronic focuser, it makes it unfeasible.
If I could loosen a ring on the remote, then turn the buttons so they could be oriented to the direction they make the mount move, well problem solved.
I think the malfunction stems from one size counterweight (11 pounds of pig iron) fits all.
Hummm....
I guess I could continue to twist the cameras.
What do you do? (Besides rotation in Post)
Hang the AVX off the wall?
Dec 11, 2017 16:16:47 #
SonnyE wrote:
OK, so I was playing with Alnitak again last night... (show quote)
I don't worry about orientation... Everything is relative in space!
bwa
Dec 12, 2017 02:38:42 #
bwana wrote:
I don't worry about orientation... Everything is relative in space!
bwa
bwa
I only orient my camera for the right View in the picture frame.
Craig
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