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  1. WRL

    New ATC/ STC 17-40x56 Telescope

    You should not be surprised. You will have vibrations with almost any tripod/head/scope combination. The question is only, how much. That depends on your setup and the evironment (wind, self induced).
  2. WRL

    New ATC/ STC 17-40x56 Telescope

    I am one of those who use the Peakdesign Travel Tripod for exactly that purpose. I am putting the Kowa 554 on it, in the beginning using its intrinsic "ball head" (works ok, although not very comfortably), now with a quite small fluid head (SmallRig Selection, costs about 50 €). You can see my...
  3. WRL

    New ATC/ STC 17-40x56 Telescope

    I am curious. Can you name a smaller, lighter tripod with a comparable height? Or does "smaller" mean sacrificing height (e.g. table tripod) for (lower) weight?
  4. WRL

    New ATC/ STC 17-40x56 Telescope

    I am not convinced strong words should substitute well-founded arguments.
  5. WRL

    New ATC/ STC 17-40x56 Telescope

    I have got one: SmallRig Selection Kompakter Fluid- Head CH10 3259. About 280g , only. And quite small as well. However, I don't know how light you mean. The lightest head being no head. Like the intrinsic "semi ball head" on peak design's travel tripod (with plate).
  6. WRL

    New ATC/ STC 17-40x56 Telescope

    What about compensating residual unbalance by moving the mounting plate on the head? Furthermore, we not talking about much weight x lever arm lenghts.
  7. WRL

    New ATC/ STC 17-40x56 Telescope

    One will never know unless Kowa stops sales. Sales numbers are generally not public. Maybe, Kowa plans to facelift the 55x-series as they did with the 88x recently. This could be an opportunity to address (one of the) the most criticized points, FOV. By doing so the 55x will definitely continue...
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