Baader Universal Filter Changer (UFC): Simple photographic use example (Part 7)

We've been asked a few times recently on how to set up the Baader UFC for use with a DSLR and a range of wide-field imaging refracting telescopes. So we thought we would write a short blog on some ways this can be done.

Let us start from the telescope side first.

All the enquiries we have had, the wide field refractors have 2" barrel focusers, so there is our starting point. The telescope side of the UFC Base (to which everything else in the UFC system is connected to) uses Baader's S70 dovetail adaptors to allow the UFC to fit to telescopes.

Looking at the UFC main diagram above Baader do a Baader UFC S70 / 2" SC-thread (f) Telescope-Adapter (optical height: 1 mm) (#2459128, € 23,-) that allows 2"/SC male-thread accessories to be used. More about our UFC Telescope Adapters can be found in our blog: The UFC telescope-side adaptors.

We offer our Baader 2" Nosepiece with 2" filter thread (#2408155, € 35,-) or our Baader 2" Safety Kerf nosepiece with 2" filter thread (#2408156, € 35,-) .

The image below shows the latter 2" nosepiece attached to the UFC S70 2"/SC adaptor. Using one of these will allow the UFC to be attached to a telescope with a 2" focuser.

Moving away from the telescope side, we next encounter the UFC Base itself to which the telescope side and camera side adaptors attach and the filter slider is inserted into. You can read more about the UFC Base in part 2 of our series of blogs The UFC Base.

For the filter slider either the 2" mounted, 2" unmounted or 50x50mm square versions can be used depending on what filters you currently have or may want to purchase. Using smaller filters (with one of the Aux holders) will likely cause vignetting depending on the size [age] of your camera's sensor). More information on the UFC sliders can be found in part 3 of our UFC blogs: The UFC Filter Slider

Next we get to the camera side of the UFC Base.

There are three possible "routes" for attaching a DSLR camera:

• Baader UFC T-2 (m) Camera-Adapter (optical height: 2 mm) (#2459115, € 25,-) to allow the use of standard T-rings
• Baader UFC M48 (m) Camera-Adapter (optical height: 2 mm) (#2459116, € 25,-) to allow use of wide (M48) T-rings for cameras with larger full-frame sized sensors.
• Baader S52 dovetail Camera-Adapter for Wide-T-rings (optical height: 2 mm) (#2459119, € 26,-) for use with S52 dovetail accessories such as Baader's Protective EOS T-Ring (which can also be used with T-2 and M48 camera adaptors - see below) or Baader's range of S52 wide T-rings

 

 

So lets put all of this together. In the image below we have an example setup based on what we have written above. From right to left: we have:

• A telescope with a 2" focuser
• Baader 2" Safety Kerf nosepiece with 2" filter thread (#2408156, € 35,-)
• Baader UFC S70 / 2" SC-thread (f) Telescope-Adapter (optical height: 1 mm) (#2459128, € 23,-) - shown with 1 mm thick spacer ring to fasten 2" nosepieces that have a longer thread
• Baader UFC Base (Filter Chamber) telescope-sided S70 dovetail receptor (optical height: 13 mm) (#2459110, € 50,-) with a Baader UFC 2" (M48) Filter Slider (#2459112, € 40,-) ready to be inserted
• Baader S52 dovetail Camera-Adapter for Wide-T-rings (optical height: 2 mm) (#2459119, € 26,-) - you can also use a Baader UFC T-2 (m) Camera-Adapter (optical height: 2 mm) (#2459115, € 25,-) for standard T-rings or the Baader UFC M48 (m) Camera-Adapter (optical height: 2 mm) (#2459116, € 25,-) to allow use of wide (M48) T-rings
• T-ring: in the example set up image below this is the Baader Canon EOS Protective T-ring (without any inserts) - (#2958550). You can use standard or wide T-rings providing you choose the appropriate UFC camera adaptor (see above).

 

In a future blog we will look at other ways the UFC can be used for imaging purposes, including how to set the UFC up for use with focal reducers/field flatteners.

 

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This blog is translated by Baader Planetarium.

Source: David Hinds Ltd. Thank you for writing a great overview of our UFC system.

 

 

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Posts in this blog series:

Overview of the UFC- system:
Baader-UFC (Universal Filter Changer) - The Ever-Growing Chamber

The main component fo the system:
Baader-UFC (Universal Filter Changer) - The UFC-Base

Baader Universal Filter Changer (UFC):
Baader-UFC (Universal Filter Changer) - The UFC Filter Slider

The UFC Camera Adaptors:
Baader-UFC (Universal Filter Changer) - The UFC Camera-Side Adaptors

 

The UFC Telecope Adapters:
Baader-UFC (Universal Filter Changer) - The UFC telescope-side Adaptors

Use example:
Baader-UFC (Universal Filter Changer)

Smaller-Sized Filters:
Using Smaller-Sized Filters with Baader's Universal Filter Changer (UFC)

UFC-Adapter RASA 8":
Baader's RASA 8" UFC telescope-side adapter (Part 9)