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 Post subject: Camera/adaptor recommendations for Wild M420?
PostPosted: Sat Nov 09, 2019 6:18 pm 
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I have a Wild M420 Apozoom with an elderly Olympus DSLR and adaptor, and am thinking about an upgrade to a new mirrorless camera. If money were no object, what camera/adaptor combo would you recommend? Is it possible to get an adaptor that does not have any glass in the light path?

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 09, 2019 7:06 pm 
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You can do direct projection onto APS-C pretty easily. The adapter can be bought for 200 bucks, or you can make it yourself.
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For full frame you can do the above, but add a high-quality teleconverter to upsize the image to fit (a 1.6x I think?). I have not tried this myself, just read about it.
What adapter are you using now?

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Thanks for the additional info; my current adaptor was built by Diagnostic Instruments.

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Direct projection works well on this system. The projected image is actually bigger than what you see in the eyepieces, so the image on aps-c is a little wider than the eyepiece view. M400 series scopes were overengineered in the best way.

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