camera gear (ball head, camera). NOTE: If you are using the oponal
Fine-Tuning Mounng Assembly you can perform the polar alignment
procedure with all of your gear already mounted.
Connect your camera to SAM via the SNAP control port using the
appropriate interface cable for your brand of camera. Power up your
equipment and you are ready to go!
Using the Oponal Fine-Tuning Mounng Assembly
You can remove the need for a ball mount by using the Fine-Tuning
Mounng Assembly. This assembly aaches to the Saddle and permits
adjustments in the declinaon axis – the axis that runs perpendicular
to SAM’s rotaonal axis (known as the Right Ascension, or RA axis, in
astronomy terms). Freedom to move your camera on the declinaon
axis lets you point it to any locaon in the sky, just as the ball mount
does. But the Fine-Tuning Mounng Assembly is much more than just
an alternave to using a ball mount.
One of its biggest advantages is that it enables you to increase the
payload of your imaging equipment by using a counter balance
system. You can use larger, heavier lenses – or even use two cameras
at a me.
With the Fine-Tuning Mounng Assembly you can even aach a
small telescope to SAM for extended viewing of celesal objects held
steady in the eyepiece by SAM’s connuous tracking ability.
But maybe the biggest advantage of the Fine-Tuning Mounng
Assembly is that you can leave your Polar Scope in place and perform
the advanced polar alignment procedure even with your enre
photographic payload in place. This greatly reduces the likelihood
disturbing the precision polar alignment when adding equipment
aer the procedure has been performed.
To install the Fine-Tuning Mounng Assembly please follow the
direcons in Appendix IV.
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