Handbook for the TRIUS SX-825 Issue 1 January 2015
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Recording your first image:
We now have the camera and computer set up to take pictures, but an optical system is needed to
project an image onto the CCD surface. You could use your telescope, but this introduces additional
complications, which are best avoided at this early stage. There are two simple options, one of which is
available to everyone with a sheet of aluminium baking foil:
1)
Attach a standard ‘M42’ SLR camera lens to the TRIUS SX-825, using the 26mm spacer to
achieve the correct focal distance.
Or
2)
Create a ‘Pin hole’ lens by sticking a sheet of aluminium baking foil over the end of the adaptor
and pricking its centre with a small pin.
