Mallincam HD-10 II User Manual
March 30, 2020
HD-10 II Quick Guide
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Appendix
Appendix A:
Using HD-10 II both on a Computer and a HDMI Monitor
You can use the HD-10 II on both a computer and a HDMI monitor at the same time. You connect the HD-10 II camera
to the computer as you normally would, but you also connect the HDMI cable to the HDMI monitor. This way others
can see the results of your adjustments on the HDMI Monitor while you have a private computer screen to make the
adjustments on.
Using this scenario, you will not have a mouse connect to the HD-10 II camera (the
usb
cable is connect to computer),
so you will not be able to control the image via the HDMI monitor.
Appendix B:
Using the 1.25” 0.5 x Focal Reduce
A focal reducer is a set of converging (or positive) lenses that cause the light from a telescope objective to converge
at a steeper angle to the focal plane of the HD-10 II camera. It is as if it were coming from an objective with a faster
(lower) focal ratio and a shorter focal length. When placed in the focal plane in front of the HD-10 II or eyepiece, this
focal reducer leads to a wider field of view and a brighter image of extended objects, which is important for reducing
the exposure times when imaging faint extended objects like the Moon, nebulae or galaxies. You will need to have
more in-focus room when using a Focal Reducer.
Attaching the Mallincam Focal reducer
The Mallincam 0.5 x Focal Reducer has a standard 1.25" filter thread both sides, and can be stacked with filters, such
as the Mallincam IR or the Mallincam Polarizer Filters. It is attached by screwing into the 1.25" Mallincam camera
nosepieces (or even used with eyepieces), and because the barrel has a 1.25" outer diameter, it can be inserted with
the nosepiece into any standard telescope
’s
1.25”
focuser. The focuser comes with a 25mm space if required for your
setup to push the reducer further away from the camera.
