Nice stuff - toys for boys! But how technology has progressed. Eons ago I had a 6" reflector mounted on a heavy wooden tripod with a manual equatorial mount. One had to slowly rotate a knob on the end of a flex drive to keep the object of interest in view. Crude by comparison but it worked.
Alan C On Wed, Dec 6, 2023 at 9:26 PM Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > > > > On Dec 6, 2023, at 10:48 AM, John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > On 12/5/2023 2:13 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > >> I was doing some idle poking around on ebay, KEH etc. for some wishlist > items and one thing that I'm actively looking for. I figure that it's > worth mentioning them here in case anybody is looking to sell one of them, > or has some important advice about any of these. > >> The one thing that I'm actively looking for is an equatorial mount. > I'm planning on heading out to visit my sister and catch the total eclipse > in April. At the 2018 eclipse I just used a tripod and had to keep > adjusting it every few minutes to keep the sun in the frame. > > > > https://www.amazon.com/Star-Adventurer-Pro-Pack-S20512/dp/B07NY44782 > > > > I bought the Pro Pack. Used it with my Tokina 80-200 f/2.8 to photograph > the annular eclipse in October, and that's the setup I plan to use in April. > > > > I searched the used market and didn't find anything that was as good a > value. My only complaint is the counter-weight is a bit light for longer > lenses ... I was afraid it wouldn't be sufficient for my 300/2.8. > > > > ... and NEVER gonna try to mount the 600/4 on it. > > > > It seems that the two most recommended for work with a DSLR are that one > and the iOptron > https://www.ioptron.com/product-p/3550.htm > > > -- > Larry Colen > l...@red4est.com sent from ret13est > > > > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
