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Originally Posted by robomort
yes the scope is surprisingly heavy. I was hoping the CF tube would help on the weight front but with all the metal baffling The CF tube seems a bit of an extravagance. I have already tuned out the drag in the rotation axes of the HEQ5 making it a lot smoother to turn. I went with the longer focal length for prime focus DSLR imaging. Right  really noob impetuosity. |
I still think the CF8 is too heavy a load for the HEQ5 mount. Especially at longer focal lengths...