Hello everybody,
I just got in my 2" Infinity Autocollimator today.
I was working with the Starmaster anyway so I decided to give it a try and see how it worked and how well it worked day and night.
Ok, first off this is a really nice piece of equipment. The workmanship is fantastic. It is able to be disassembled for cleaning and it comes with the Allen wrench and an extra set screw for this purpose. It fits the focuser barrel perfectly and does not need to be held in position with a set screw. In fact you are told not to use one unless it is needed to keep the unit in place.
The multiple images that you see when the collimation is off are very easy to see. You can see them in daylight or in darkness with a red light. The red light shows extremely well with the triangle that he makes for center spotting you mirror. The Starmaster came with one of this triangles so I did not have to install one. The 10" Zambuto I have is not marked so I got one of the triangles for it.
The sensitivity is remarkable. You can see the slightest amount of loss of collimation even in the focuser during it's travel. The smallest change in the collimation screws are detected in the unit. I check the collimation with the laser, site-tube and Cheshire and they were all in agreement after the autocollimator was used.
Fit and finish is top notch. Ease of use is excellent. Delivery was very quick and packaged quite well in a shipping tube. It was shipped Priority Mail and arrived in four days including a weekend.
I have not had a chance to observe after the collimation, but I can tell that it is going to be dead on the money. This is a great tool for only $80!
Used with the Lasermax laser to set up the secondary to primary it collimates quickly and easily in a couple of minutes.
I give it a full thumbs up.
I just got in my 2" Infinity Autocollimator today.
I was working with the Starmaster anyway so I decided to give it a try and see how it worked and how well it worked day and night.Ok, first off this is a really nice piece of equipment. The workmanship is fantastic. It is able to be disassembled for cleaning and it comes with the Allen wrench and an extra set screw for this purpose. It fits the focuser barrel perfectly and does not need to be held in position with a set screw. In fact you are told not to use one unless it is needed to keep the unit in place.
The multiple images that you see when the collimation is off are very easy to see. You can see them in daylight or in darkness with a red light. The red light shows extremely well with the triangle that he makes for center spotting you mirror. The Starmaster came with one of this triangles so I did not have to install one. The 10" Zambuto I have is not marked so I got one of the triangles for it.
The sensitivity is remarkable. You can see the slightest amount of loss of collimation even in the focuser during it's travel. The smallest change in the collimation screws are detected in the unit. I check the collimation with the laser, site-tube and Cheshire and they were all in agreement after the autocollimator was used.
Fit and finish is top notch. Ease of use is excellent. Delivery was very quick and packaged quite well in a shipping tube. It was shipped Priority Mail and arrived in four days including a weekend.
I have not had a chance to observe after the collimation, but I can tell that it is going to be dead on the money. This is a great tool for only $80!
Used with the Lasermax laser to set up the secondary to primary it collimates quickly and easily in a couple of minutes.
I give it a full thumbs up.
[SIZE="Large"][/SIZE][COLOR="Blue"][/COLOR] Floyd Blue
Amateur Imager
