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Below are some photos taken with DSLRs using a Series IV 'Stiletto'' to focus.  Click on the links above to go to our Film and CCD galleries.  Congratulations and thanks to all of the contributors!                             (Click on the thumbnails to enlarge.)

Photo courtesy of John Chumack

"I purchased the Canon EOS 10D DSLR Focuser device from you a while ago, and let me say, as a Professional Astrophotographer with 2 decades of experience, with hundreds of images published Internationally, Front Cover of Time & National Geographic, Science, Astronomy & S&T included…………………that this is one of the Best and most Time Saving Focusing Products I have ever purchased. Believe me I’ve tried them all over the years. Honestly, if there is a better or easier to use focusing device out there, I certainly don’t know about it! The proof is in the pinpoint star images, and the sharpness of the images. Just check out the images at my website. I just tell it like it is!!!!" - John Chumack    The Chumack Observatories      http://www.galacticimages.com

 

 

 

Trio in Leo -Courtesy Mel Wurth

 "I received my Stiletto IV last week. Attached is my first try with using it. I did not collimate the focuser. It was used as it came from you.  All I can say is , wow! Hope you like my effort. It is the Leo trio taken with an digital Eos Rebel with a 10" LXD55 ota and Celestron CG5 advanced mount. 25 - 45 second exposures raw stacked and processed with Images Plus and noise reduced in Neat Image. Thanks for a great product."  - Mel Wurth

 M-16 Mel Wurth  m-20 Mel Wurth NGC6902 Mel Wurth

M33 Mel Wurth M8 Mel Wurth M31 Mel Wurth NGC 6960 Mel Wurth

 

"Just wanted to thank you for the quick shipping on the Stiletto focuser I bought from you a couple of weeks ago. I gave it a good workout at the RMSS here in Colorado and I was amazed at the ease of use. There was not one bad exposure due to focus issues. I had been doing focusing with a Canon Magnifier on my Modified 20d with about 90% success, but the speed in which the Stiletto worked for me was awesome. It's a keeper. Anyways, thanks again and here are a couple of shots I did from the RMSS with the 20D and Stiletto focuser." -Klaus Priebe

         
 

 

First test shot M42 Rick Meinig Canon EOS 10D

"The focuser arrived on Monday and I was able to use it with my 10D and Brandon 130 APO last night...The seeing was a 2/5 with boiling images but the focuser worked like a charm. Here's yet another M42--but I doubt I could have gotten this kind of focus (especially easily) with the camera viewfinder and LCD screen."

 Visit Rick's website at: http://www.meinig.com for more photos and information.

"I just wanted to update you on my use of the Stilleto IV now that I have had it for 2 months....We've had typical winter weather here in Colorado, ie the clear nights mean the jet stream is above. However. I've imaged with a variety of refractors both here in town and up in the mountains....Because I'm getting such bullet proof focusing with the Stiletto IV, I 'm stacking upwards of 1hour of exposures in 3 to 5 minute shots with a Canon 10D...Here are some of the recent results....I think the Stiletto is a definite plus particularly when you want to ditch the laptop (almost always....) "- Rick Meinig

 

Horsehead Nebula - Rich Meinig  M31 - Rick Meinig M35 - Rick Meinig M37 - Rick Meinig

M108 and M97 - Rick Meinig M109 - Rick Meinig  The Pleiades - Rick Meinig The Running Man - Rick Meinig

Pleiades Region - Mark Hanson   Sirius region, M42, and Pleiades taken by Mark Hanson with a Nikon D60 digital camera using a  Series IV focuser.

 

 

 
 

M-13 Lee Zagar EOS D300Attached is an image of M13 I took using my new Stiletto IV for the first time with my Canon D300. It was as easy as advertised. I just focused on a bright star with the Stiletto, replaced it with my camera, slewed to M13 and took the exposures. Great product!                    - Lee A. Zagar

Double Cluster Lee Zagar Canon 300D

Here is a wide field image of the Double Cluster.  Note that all of the stars are in focus.  Again, thanks for the great product.  It really is quick and easy.

 

 

M27 Lee Zagar M31 Lee Zagar

    "I just wanted to let you know that I just put in an order for your daytime focuser and I cant wait to use it. The new high resolution screen you sent me is incredible! I'm shooting widefield with a TMB 105mm f6.5 APO and a Canon 20D. The focus I obtained in about 2 minutes was tack sharp all around the night sky and all night. The focus is so good that I can now see the flaws in the stars on the outer edges of my APO.
Thanks again for your awesome support!"  - Todd Brower
 M13  M37  M51

Rosette  

                                                                             "I was quite amazed with the result. The Omega Centauri was done with my
10" Meade LX200 SCT in very much light polluted skies - same with the
Jewelbox - NGC4755. (Canon EOS 300D body prime focus on telescope working
at F/6.3) They were taken in AltAz (20sec exp) - tracking but NOT guided.
- I have never come close to this degree of focus before. I cannot wait
to get to dark skies and use my SBIG-STV for autoguiding having focussed
with the Stiletto. Your product has that wonderful solid feel of quality!"
- Francois du Toit Port Elizabeth South Africa