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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> Los Angeles, CA
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