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Old 17-06-2011, 01:34 PM
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Hi Odille
The mounts you list are very common in Australia under other brand names often called CG5 EQ5 EQ3 etc they will be fine for keeping the moon in the frame but if you are wanting to do long ( over 60" ) exposures with camera lenses you will need something better .
I use a Kenko Skymemo ( when traveling ) which works well with lenses up to 300mm for up to 300" Takahashi also make good mounts but they are both expensive ( $1000 ish new )
So if you are going to use something like the mounts you list they will be fine for : short exposures ( under 5" ) with telephotos or : medium exposures ( under 60" ) with standard lenses .
You will find plenty of those mounts available secondhand here with a big saving .

Zane
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