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Originally Posted by alocky
That's how I read it too. Also I've been surprised how willing good camera stores are to let you try some of these things out before you buy them, particularly if you're doing astrophotography.
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Never thought of doing that. I'll may have to see what the local shop can do there.
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Originally Posted by alocky
Regards the polarie - I found if you are extremely careful and use the polar scope you can get exposure out to two minutes with a 200mm lens on a full frame dslr. I've also built an adapter to hang off the front with a counterweight and shaft that has made the thing 100 times better for long exposure. But without the polar scope I wouldn't want to be using anything longer than 80mm or so.
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I think I managed 135mm, but it was more the lens weight that caused me grief (balance - centre of gravity). I'll have to try the polar scope - I just drift aligned to get it close as I had the camera hooked up to the laptop.
Do you have a picture of your counterweight setup?