But even then you could buy clock drives for them - even electric clock
drives.
On 12/6/2023 11:35 PM, Alan Cole wrote:
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
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