Hey you Dob geeks and mirror miracles, I've been slowly dribbling into the childhood dreams of space and stars - reading forums/reviews/stories and by all powers of snow peas I've opened a hole in the money minder into let us buy a new telescope
. I been playing with Celestia (
http://www.shatters.net/celestia/) and (please don't laugh) experienced the ever so painful 500x zoom in on Jupiter with a ****Smith $60 number.
Hey I asked no laughing!! Yes I've not only learnt my lesson but also played chess with the girl, demonstrated the need more expensive gear.....
Now I've read and can seen how Dob's are incrediably cheaper, the bigger the light sucker the better the pic and read Andrew's sale hipe regurgitation etc etc etc, but I have read how mixed the groups feelings are of Eq mounts and dollar tag for a "decent" pod. I'm looking at the
Guan Sheng GS-630 with the svii and asking how it stands up against the CG-5/EQ5? I am keen on the
200mmx1000mm and with photography in mind am keen for a eq style mount with at least a single axis driver.
Can anyone tell me if the svii is just like the sv1 (a eq3 lookalike) with motors and a push button joystick or is it indeed a "heavy duty" mount as Andrew describes it?
Is Andrew one to swap the sv mount for a CG-5/EQ5? Is there a difference between the CG-5 and EQ5?
Gasping for a eye full.
Steve.