7dmkii

I went and did it the other day. Plunked down a couple of grand for a 7DMKII. After reading the review on them for astro use it was a no brainer. Haven't gotten to test it out yet. I was in Houston the past week and the weather was nasty the whole time. Looks like I might be able to test it out on the astro rig tonight and tomorrow night. Its been almost 3 weeks since the telescope computer came in and its been cloudy since. Ran into a glitch on my encoder. Having to go away from the trim tape on the EM-2 sensor. Its just too sensitive to being moved around. The cable would tilt the sensor affixed with trim tape enough so the wheel would get too close to the sensor and error out. Having my nephew drill some holes so I can mount it properly with a couple of bolts. I ordered the other axis the other day. Going to set up an autoguider so I can do some narrow band work. They require much longer integrations and a mount needs correcting when you are going for 20+ minutes. The stars will get too big otherwise. So I'm adding the other axis a dual saddle plate 60mm refractor and a self contained guider from Italy. I'm trying to eliminate the notebook from the set-up so I wanted a guider that didn't require it to function. Managed to brick the first router I tried to modify. A dumb mistake on my part. They aren't that expensive so its not a big loss just time waiting for another one to show up. Looked in several stores in H-Town when I was there last week but nobody had them in stock. The review of the MKII for astro use had a couple of stunning pics taken with the 7D. No darks flats or bias frames the noise just isn't there. Better red response as well. So no need to peel the ir filter off either. Although I might end up getting the 7D modded if I don't sell it. Don't really need two bodies. I'd rather have another lens a wide angle fast one.



Griz