Latest setup...took a while to get funds for this, but well worth it:

Click here to see pictures of this setup.

• Takahashi FSQ-106EDX
• Apogee Alta U16M
• Optec IFW
• FLI PDF
• Socal rings and dovetail plate
• Custom adapters from PreciseParts.com
• Takahashi FS-60C (guidescope)
• SBIG ST-402ME (guide camera)
• still using the Takahashi NJP Temma 2 with Casady counterweight system

New Coronado SolarMax 60 the day after UPS brought it to me from OPT. I ended up selling it so I could obtain the FSQ-106ED.

 
My former setup for CCD imaging:
- SBIG ST-2000XM CCD camera (a great camera for folk like me who are new to CCD imaging
- Takahashi FS128 (a fantastic planetary scope, did great for me back when I did film and CCD)
- Stellarvue SV80s (see my review on CloudyNights.com - a great widefield imaging scope)

Sadly, I sold these two wonderful scopes and the camera in early 2007 as part of an effort to
save $$ for a nice astrograph and a big chip CCD camera. I still have the NJP. As you can see
in the photos, I had a Tak tripod, but I later replaced it with an ATS portable pier.

My film rig involved using a Nikon F3 for 35mm and
a Mamiya 645 for medium format. I had a 90mm Meade
achromat for a guidescope, and used a ST-7E as an
autoguider.

Mandel Adapter on loan from 3 Rivers Foundation
This allowed me to connect my Nikon lenses to the ST-2000XM

 
Cal-K and SM90 on loan from 3 Rivers Foundation While I tried the ST-2000XM for solar imaging, I later purchased
a Lumenera LU075M Great camera, but chip wasn't big enough. I replaced it with the Lumenera SKYnyx 2-1M.
This camera is fantastic for solar and lunar imaging.