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Originally Posted by alocky
Nice review Roger - now you need to get one of those Losmandy Starlapse things and compare that.
Just for accuracy's sake,
The 410 manfrotto geared head I use (and I'm the only person I've ever come across with the combination of Polarie and geared head!) 'only' cost $240.
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I've got the combination StarLapse, Manfrotto 405 geared head and 475B tripod. It's a lot heavier than a Polarie setup, but it does carry my Sony a77 and Sigma 150-500 zoom. I've got a 190XPROB and while it works with any of my heads (804, 498, 229, 405) it isn't really stable enough for the StarLapse.
The one annoyance with camera tripod heads is most aren't designed for more than about +30 degrees altitude. Mine all support -90 altitude so I mount the StarLapse the wrong way round. It makes adjustment a bit awkward but that's a minor hassle.