Baader M68 Tilter

Baader M68-Tilter

The effects of image tilt can ruin an otherwise great astrophoto. Image tilt (or image plane tilt) happens in imaging when an area towards the edge of the field exhibits out-of-focus or imperfect star images and is caused by the image sensor not being pefectly perpendicular to the light path. Focuser skewness (or "droop"), flattener/corrector lenses, extension adaptors, camera angle adjusters as well as inherent camera sensor tilt in the camera body itself are all causes of image field tilt. Being able to correct for this image plane tilt is important and essential to get perfect focused sharp star images across the field of view.

For those that do astroimaging using the M68 system, Baader is pleased to annnounce a new accessory to help compensate for image plane tilt - the Baader M68-Tilter. This accessory is compatible with the entire M68C system.

The unit allows an adjustment tilt shift of the camera of up to 1° to compensate for misalignments in the image field. The Tilter is only 9.50-10.25 mm in optical length depending on amount of tilt adjustment made.