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Baader Planetarium Clicklock 1.25"/T2 Eyepiece Holder

(5 Available)
SKU: BAD-T2-08
$97.00
 

Baader 1.25" ClickLock T-2 Eyepiece Holder

With the advent of this Baader Planetarium Click-Lock Eyepiece Clamp's fresh new Click-Lock system for holding eyepieces, users will have no desire to return to previous eyepiece holder systems such as those with captive brass clamp rings or simple set screws ever again. Allows any 1.25" eyepiece or accessory to be introduced into the ASTRO T-2 system at any point. Serves as an upgrade to your telescope's included holder as well. A slight twist of the outer ring locks your eyepiece in place by enabling the eyepiece to come into contact with two special non-marring rollers. Eyepiece wobble, a problem typically experienced with single screw clamps or Takahashi lockring style holders, is virtually eliminated with this system's 3-point clamp action. In addition, since there is no obtrusive lock screw, you won’t have to contort your head in order to avoid said screw, thus taking care of one of the more disagreeable aspects of using a standard holder.

For an accurate fit that will allow you to maintain proper eyepiece centering on the optical axis while keeping slop to a minimum, this Baader Click-Lock Holder has been precision machined. Compatibility with all grooved eyepiece barrels comes courtesy of the cam rollers’ long contact length bridging the groove. Both mismatches and the inconvenience of having to keep unlocking from the groove are no longer issues thanks to the cam lock's secure grip making these grooved barrels unnecessary. An internal T-2 threaded eyepiece clamp on the front or input side enables attachment to other T-2 system elements. Meanwhile, the output side contains a pair of practical features unique to this Click-Lock adapter. First, the clamp's total height can be altered via an adjustable micro-focusing collar with 6.5 mm of travel distance located on top of the holder for precise fine focus and height adjustments to help match other accessories. Second, the ClickLock Holder also serves as an afocal projection system, provided that the eyepiece currently in use is not greater than 37 mm in outside diameter. This is possible thanks to external T-2 thread, exposed whenever the removable top ring is detached, enabling the coupling of multiple extension tubes.

An excellent substitute for the eyepiece holders included as standard equipment with many of the more popular telescopes, this Click-Lock Clamp from Baader Planetarium for 1.25” eyepieces is especially useful for Takahashi telescope owners. With stock Takahashi eyepiece holders, viewing sessions can be troublesome, particularly for those using a guidescope due to eyepiece wobble that is absent when this far superior deluxe eyepiece clamp is being used instead.

The Baader Click-Lock Eyepiece Clamp is also a key component for a number of common Astro T-2 system configurations, such as the Precision Amici Diagonal, and as a parfocal eyepiece holder for CCD housing with the Alan Gee Mark II Telecompressor. You may also find additional uses in other T-2 system assemblies of your own making.

Uncover the T-2 male thread used for mounting T-2 spacers, T-rings, digital T-adapters, and digital cameras by unscrewing the micro focus ring. To this extent, all 1.25" eyepieces can be instantaneously swapped out and even focused! It has never been easier to operate an eyepiece clamp as rotating the Baader Click-Lock requires only modest effort. Securely attach heavy CCD cameras using barely any tightening strength. Plus, you longer have to put up with an obstructing screw!

Baader's T-2 system offers many more bayonet quick changers and rotators to safely secure any imaginable recording device. There are three different digital T-adapters and about 20 digital T-rings for almost all available digital camera brands.

Baader 1.25" Click-Lock Eyepiece Clamp Highlights

  • No clamping screws
  • Extremely strong/secure clamping with just a slight turn (about 20° rotation)
  • Does not damage the eyepiece barrels
  • Clamping principle from professional engineering - like a quick-action chuck, from the tool holder of CNC milling machines
  • Seven precision milled parts with complex assembly result in the most user-friendly eyepiece clamp of all time, designed in Germany!
  • Low price despite high production costs
  • Accepts all 1.25" eyepieces with any locking groove
  • Eyepiece-side T-2 thread transforms your eyepiece clamp into an eyepiece projection holder!
  • Connections for most digital cameras are separately available
  • Focusing thread (for use on a T-2 Zenit prism) with 5 mm stroke and 0.5 mm fine thread, lets you focus a SC optics directly on the eyepiece - without mirror shift
  • Resolves all adjustment problems - every 1.25" eyepiece or measuring device (e.g. laser collimator) is adjusted automatically parallel to the axis - even with diameter deviations