When you connect the eaf belt to the lens focus ring, where do you have the dial set to on the camera? Seems that infinity focus is all the way locked to the left. Just picked up this lens and will be running it through ASIAIR plus. Thanks
Hey Craig - I have this Astrodynium setup and am wondering if you have a solution for camera rotation? Seems like you have to take the belt off in order to rotate the lens to frame up the target. Kind of a hassle to do in the dark.
@@CraigStocksArts I also has the Samyang+Astrodymium. It would be marvelous if the EAF offered disconnect the motor clutch so it could move freely. What I do to frame is move the focus position using the EAF to the middle of the barrel (1.5m position or so), then I loose the brackets a bit to rotate the whole OTA carefully while keeping the outer ring of the Samyang fixed (and thus, the belt). Then, I reposition the focus position close to infinity using the EAF to perform a plate solving and double check orientation. When I'm finally set, I tighten the brackets. It is a bit cumbersome but much much faster than release the belt, specially as I have a power distribution box and a minipc attached to the other side of the brackets, which make access to the bell quite difficult.
Thank you Craig for another good video!
When you connect the eaf belt to the lens focus ring, where do you have the dial set to on the camera? Seems that infinity focus is all the way locked to the left. Just picked up this lens and will be running it through ASIAIR plus. Thanks
Infinity focus is almost all the way to the stop, but the lens actually focuses slightly past infinity.
Hey Craig - I have this Astrodynium setup and am wondering if you have a solution for camera rotation? Seems like you have to take the belt off in order to rotate the lens to frame up the target. Kind of a hassle to do in the dark.
No I don’t have a solution. I believe you’re correct that you need to release the belt to rotate the lens.
@@CraigStocksArts I also has the Samyang+Astrodymium. It would be marvelous if the EAF offered disconnect the motor clutch so it could move freely.
What I do to frame is move the focus position using the EAF to the middle of the barrel (1.5m position or so), then I loose the brackets a bit to rotate the whole OTA carefully while keeping the outer ring of the Samyang fixed (and thus, the belt). Then, I reposition the focus position close to infinity using the EAF to perform a plate solving and double check orientation. When I'm finally set, I tighten the brackets. It is a bit cumbersome but much much faster than release the belt, specially as I have a power distribution box and a minipc attached to the other side of the brackets, which make access to the bell quite difficult.