Wot no picture

[Nelson]

hi I am asking for so ideas I have a Canon 600d camera and a Skymax synscan 127 mat cas telescope, well I cannot see anything when I put my camera onto the scope, no focus nothing. I have very slowly gone from one end of the focusing adjustment on the scope to the other and back again. I made sure all of the caps were taken off, when I took the camera from the scope and put my lens on the camera I could see things. I have taken off the star diagonal as I was told it made the distance far for the camera. What do I need to do?

[philjay]

You should get focus with a dslr. How bright is the object you are trying to focus on?

I recommend trying all things optically out during the day, its much easier. Sight your scope on a distant tree, chimney etc using an eyepiece with or without diagonal. Once your happy you can see the object in the eyepiece swap to the camera then slowly adjust focus.

[Nelson]

Thanks for your reply. The target was m45

[philjay]

Give yourself a chance and use a daylight subject or even the moon for the first go. Things very rarely work first time in the dark and using a faint object. The view through your viewfinder will be quite dim on m42 anyway so if its out of focus you wont see a thing until its almost in focus then its all too easy to wizz through the focus point too quickly and miss it.