Review - Celestron Universal Digital Camera Adapter 93626

                                  The Celestron Universal Digital Camera Adapter is used to mount digital point-and-shoot cameras to the focuser for imaging through the eyepiece.The retail price for the adapter is around $34.95, but if you shop around on Amazon, and Ebay you can sometimes find them as cheap as $25 new in package.
                                   The mount it well built, and very solid, but the padding on the part the attaches to the eyepiece seemed thin, so I added piece of ultra thing, foam rubber tape to the top, and bottom of the mounting bracket.The only downfall to the mount, which is stated in the manual is that not all cameras will work with it, although most do.Every camera I have tried on it have mounted good enoungh to shoot through the eyepiece, some better than others.I have found that digital cameras with a zoom that does not extend the lense from the base of te camera more than an inch are best.For example, my mothers Kodak Easyshare CD1013 mounts very well and can zoom in and out with plenty of room.My Panasonic DMC-LZ3 mounts  correctly but the zoom can only extend a fraction of the cameras capability before colliding with the eyepiece, so it seems the cameras on the lower end of the price range are more suited for this mount.
                                   Planetary, Lunar, and Solar images are all fairly easy to accomplish with this mount, though you need a Solar Filter to view te sun of course.I have not managed to successfully capure an image of any deep sky objects, such as Galaxies, or Nebulae.This may be attributed to the fact that every point-and-shoot camera I own, or have seen are only capable of 60 second exposures.The Kodak Easyshare I have been using only offers a 30 second exposure, and has only managed to capture the bright stars in and around M42/NGC1976/The Orion Nebula, which is by far the brightest nebula in the Northern Hemisphere.Bighter open clusters may be a possibility, though I have not tried to image on yet.
                                   The images I have taken using the mount should by far be the biggest testament of the quality of the mount.The first image was taken on the night of the Harvest Moon, and was selected with as one of 14 featured on Space.com.The second image is a mosaic of 8 images taken on July 4th, 2012.I am personally very happy with with the mount, especially for the price, and is a great item for someone new to astrophotography who wants to give it a try without making a big investment.The images below were taken with the Kodak Easyshare CD1013 that I mentioned above, mounted to a Celestron Powerseeker 127EQ Reflector, using a 20mm lens.Each image was edited for clarity.Thanks for reading