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Love this bit of kit! I purchased the pro kit so I could use my long lens as well as wide angle. OK It's built very nicely with a couple of cheap bits. Metal build chassis unit is good! Plastic battery cover is not tight enough when clipped in and can be knocked off when viewfinder/polarscope cover is not on giving the battery cover extra support. Little plastic red light for the polar scope alignment is cheap but works. The instructions actually make it seem more complicated than it is to polar align. The equatorial mount has a plastic tightening lever this does not act as a lock off to the adjustment dial as it would appear so do not! Over tighten expecting it to be set as it will just chew the levers nut surround inside. I use this with a canon 90d and a samyang/Ronikon 14mm 2.8 I've powered it with regards chargeable aa bate rise and now use a USB bank to power it and lens warmer. I find that the level bubble on the e/mount when centralised combined with the angle you need for you longitude is easy, accuracy is down to you. I set this up using the sky-watcher mini app as it has all you need info wise, your position and polaris position required in polar scope. Moumt facing north Put polaris where it's supposed to be in the scope and lock it all off weigh down your tripod prior to setting. Use the balllhead or plate with counter weight, point your camera at desired point to be followed in the sky and turn the dial to star track (1 of 7 tracking modes) the ability to have no start trails on exposures in the minutes is fantastic! Dropping your iso and noise levels makes a massive difference to the image achievable. I've used this 3 times now and just wow!!!! Yeh their are a few cheap plastic bits that mean being careful but overall bang for your buck and the expansion in your astro photography this little setup can provide is well worth it. My milky way shots just went from zero to hero! That budget samyang lens just became my superstar! This is a badly edited jpeg as I can't process raw or stack right now or use any proper programs lol. This is a 2min exposure stopped down to f4! Canon 90d samyang 14mm f2.8. On a 1/3 crescent moon night. It's a doddle to use! And loads of fun!Read full review
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Well build, correct price, accurate tracking
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Arrived quickly and packed in bubble wrap all around, highly recommend!
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works great!!
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