Evaluation:  
Conclusion: Hard to screw on T Adapter and internal ring fell off
Review: Okay, so I bought these 3 items from Adorama:
(1) Canon XSi Camera.
(2) T-mouont.
(3) ETX Camera Adapter #64.
I was very excited about connecting the Canon XSi camera with my "Meade ETX-90 AT" telescope but the experience with T-mount didn't turn out to be very pleasant.
So here's what happened:
If you look at the T-mount picture carefully, you will find that it's really made of 2 rings. One EXTERNAL ring which attaches to the Camera (like a lens) and then there's an INTERNAL ring which you screw it in the T Adapter. (other side of the T-adapter screws to the telescope ofcourse). That text printed on the ring is actually printed on the internal ring. The internal ring is embedded in the External ring and it almost looks like a single piece (and it's suppose to function like a single piece too).
So, when I tried to screw this T-Mount to the ETX Adapter #64, it just didn't go in smoothly and after couple of twist-n-turns, it just stopped and didn't go in at all even though i could see on the T-Adapter that there's more space available for it to go in.
I was very careful about making sure that I don't screw it wrong but after many tries, I had to apply a little bit of pressure at which the internal ring came off.
Now when I tried to put the internal ring back in the external ring, it became loose. I thought I broke it. I ran to my local Camera shop and the guy over there pointed out the 3 holes on the external ring which are used to tighten the internal ring if it becomes loose. He didn't had that tool to screw it tight so I had to go to another Camera shop to get it tightened.
That guy on the second shop was a professional guy and he not only tightened the internal ring, he actually twisted and turned the T-mount onto the T-Adapter many times (forcefully) and applied some machine oil to make it smooth. He screwed and unscrewed the T-mount on the T-Adapter atleast 8-10 times to make it much smoother and made it go all the way into the T-Adapter.
It was a long ordeal but everything came out well after a lot of leg work.
Now I am able to put all of it together and just took couple of shots from my apartment window. I am still new with this but I am hoping it will all be worthwhile.
This T-mount wasn't of the best quality but it's working now.
Evaluation:
Conclusion: Initial Thoughts
Review: First off I must admit that I have only attached this to my camera so far, I have not used it for any photography yet. But so far this adapter seems very well built. It is made out of metal so it has a solid feel about it, and it fits very nicely into the metal mounting of my Canon Rebel XTi. My only complaint, and its a small complaint, is that there is dot to indicate how it fits into the mount on the camera like there is with lenses. It is easy enough to figure it out how it fits after fiddling around with it for a minute or two though.
Evaluation:
Conclusion: Beware
Review: Their shipping chart claims the shipping for items less than $50 is $6.94, but once you get to the end of check-out they actually charge you $11.89.
Evaluation:
Conclusion: Perfect fit
Review: I had my doubts about this product due to a lack of info about the mount and how it is used. I'm new to photography and had a telescope already so I picked this up. It fits perfectly but I haven't used it yet. Worth the money and time for shipping. If anything is wrong, its probably my fault.
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