Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 5228 Orion
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INSTRUCTION MANUAL IN 167 Rev . B 03/09 Providing Exceptional Consumer Optical Products Since 1975 Customer Support (800) 676-1343 E-mail: support@telescope.
Eyepiece clamp Camera suppor t plate Eyepiece clamp with shaft Shaft securing knob Shaft 2 Figure 1. Fully assembled SteadyPix Figure 2. Parts of the SteadyPix as they arrive in the box.
3 T able of Contents 1. Assembly .............................................................................................................................. 3 2. About Af ocal Photograph y ...........................................................
4 T o set up and use the SteadyPix: 1. If you examine the bottom of your digital or SLR camera, you will notice a threaded adapter that will accept the SteadyPix’ s 1/4"-20 camera f astener . Attach the camera to the SteadyPix by inser ting the camera fastener into this adapter .
5 Figure 5. Several dif ferent cameras attached to SteadyPix. Figure 5a shows a digital camera with its adapter in line with the camera's lens. 5b shows a digital camera that has its adapter off to one side of the camera lens. 5c shows a 35mm film camera attached to the SteadyPix.
pieces that provide low powers (50x and below should wor k with most telescopes) if you wish to ha ve the entire surf ace of the Moon in your field of vie w . T r y to avoid photographing the full moon since sunlight f alling directly on lunar surf ace will mean there are very f ew shad - ows , so details will be harder to see.
7 One-Y ear Limited W arranty This Orion SteadyPix Univ ersal Camera Mount is warr anted against defects in materials or workmanship f or a per iod of one year from the date of purchase. This warr anty is for the benefit of the or iginal retail purchaser only .
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