Hot Shoe EZ-Finder rail

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This is a hot shoe mounted rail for a Orion "EZ-FinderII" or Celestron "Star Pointer" red dot astronomy sight. This will allow the use of the EZ-finder to align a telephoto lens to your imaging target. I'm not sure if there is a name for this rail profile, it's about 15mm wide. This is adapted from from my Picatinny hot-shoe design. It mounts the Celeston red-dot finder (Amazon ASIN B00009X3UU) without need of the foot & rail that would normally attach between the scope and the finder. It is optimized for the Panasonic G series hotshoes that allow a latching tab, but will fit any standard hotshoe if that is clipped off. I did not bother to remove the holes for the Picatinny bolt clamp or hex key storage from the remix, but they won't cause any issues.