I'm just starting to get into astrophotography and have a 10" LX200 Classic. I have a Meade DSI (version 1) and would like to know if anyone out there can tell me if I can use the Meade 3.3 focal reducer with either a Meade or a Orion off-axis guider and an Orion StarShoot AutoGuider (or just an illuminated reticle eyepiece). Will the camera and the auto-guider or eyepiece reach focus with this set up? Do I need an auto guider for most photography? Would I be better off with setting up the shot using an illuminated reticle eyepiece in my star diagonal then simply exchanging the camera for the eyepiece (assuming of course that I made the eyepiece and the camera para focal)?
Any other suggestion on a good beginning set up using my LX200, an illuminated reticle eyepiece, and the Meade DSI since right now they are the only 3 item I already own.
Any other suggestion on a good beginning set up using my LX200, an illuminated reticle eyepiece, and the Meade DSI since right now they are the only 3 item I already own.
