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  1. joe101

    Astroscope + DSLR = Gallery!

    Very nice
  2. joe101

    Astroscope + DSLR = Gallery!

    I feel your pain, whenever I travel struggle to live with slow internet. In Singapore some of the telcom companies offer symmetrical upload and download .
  3. joe101

    Astroscope + DSLR = Gallery!

    My ota weighs about 7.5kg and with the clam shell a heavy duty tripod head, tripod which already weighs about 6 KGS, a lot of adaptors that Takahashi love so much and the camera. So ota is 7.5kg + clam shell is 0.8kg + tripod and head 6+kg + camera 1 kg + adaptors 0.5kg = 15.8 kg
  4. joe101

    Astroscope + DSLR = Gallery!

    Here is one more image
  5. joe101

    Astroscope + DSLR = Gallery!

    I think I might retire this scope from terrestrial use unless I get a porter or only at a fix position. It is way too heavy for birding use. The whole setup with tripod is almost 15-16 kg. One day in the field is quite enough. I might have to save up for a 500 or 600 f4 lens,it would be much...
  6. joe101

    Astroscope + DSLR = Gallery!

    Yup, that is the scope
  7. joe101

    Astroscope + DSLR = Gallery!

    Some test shots with my telescope. Milky Stork at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve. 530mm f5 with a 2x power mate
  8. joe101

    Astroscope + DSLR = Gallery!

    At the bottom of my clamshell there is only one tripod screw thread. There are other holes but they are for bolts.
  9. joe101

    Astroscope + DSLR = Gallery!

    And one tiny screw thread can support 9-10kgs ?
  10. joe101

    Astroscope + DSLR = Gallery!

    Does the lensmaster run on bearings or bushing ?
  11. joe101

    Astroscope + DSLR = Gallery!

    What models do you guys recommend ? Plus how does this go? Telescope to clamshell then to which plate if my clamshell does not have the usual photographic tripod screw thread . And anyway just to mention the scope is 7kgs without the clam.
  12. joe101

    Astroscope + DSLR = Gallery!

    Hey guys, I recently got a scope for astronomy but I thinking of using it for terrestrial use also. How do you guys mount the telescope for terrestrial use. Gimbal ?
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