I have a Celestron green laser pointer and am looking for a hot shoe adapter to allow me to properly aim my camera while attempting AP. There use to be a product called Xtend-a-sight plus which would have been ideal, unfortunately the manufacturer has ceased production. Does anyone have a workable solution? I think the Celestron laser has a dovetail which is approx. 11 mm across the top.

Could this work, perhaps with an added dovetail on it??
http://smallrig.com/ev​f-mount-1314.html

That has real possibilities. If I could find a small dovetail it would work great. Thanks for the response. Any one else?

Even if you mount the laser to that how will you point it straight (parallel) to the sight line of the lens? And at $65 it seems expensive (to me). Look at thisOf course you'll need to make an adapter to attach the laser, do you have an idea for this?

Jimmy is right, you will not be able to center the $65 attachment at all. This is exactly what you need http://www.ebay.com …ain_0&hash=item​2ec6b6855f mounted on this http://www.ebay.com …geName=STRK%3AM​EBIDX%3AIT The threads in the laser holder allow you to orient the laser so that it is centered with the camera. What you would do is find a bright object, like Jupiter, and center it in live view. Next you would turn on the laser and use those little screws to align the laser with jupiter. Now once the center of your live view and laser are perfectly aligned on Jupiter, you can point anywhere else in the sky and the laser will land you right on target with ease.

Another direction to go might be something like this:
http://www.ebay.com/it​m/380598240027
SpiderFire 4 Reticle Sight Scope for DSLR Bird Photos
(I'm not connected to the seller in any way)

I made a mount and posted pics in a new thread in this forum if anyone is interested.

Hello,
I just ordered a laser mount made by ScopeStuff that has a hotshoe built into it. http://www.scopestuff.​com/ss_sfind.htm
I also just ordered a green laser from Z-bolt that has a constant on button together with their remote cable release. Besides mounting it directly on my camera, I hope to use an Arca Swiss mini clamp with a built in hotshoe, which I also just ordered, attached to the side of my camera's RRS L bracket.

Is the new improved version suitable?
https://photosolve.com …ct/xtendasight/​index.html