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Originally Posted by Hemi
I love photography as much as I love Astro. I like portraits and landscapes. I now love star scapes.
I’ve wanted to upgrade my photography tripod for a while and having recently bought a SW AZ GTI for camping/travel, thought I would buy a tripod that could fit both light weight Astro and general photography purposes.
Why oh why is a gitzo systematic tripod with head over $2000. I mean, seriously, an AZ EQ6 is only $2500, with all its engineering and electronics. The volume of sales would also be massively in gitzos favor.
So why? I simply do not understand?
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Who cares 
..... Don't pay for their advertising and promo budget and their exclusivity pricing which largely makes up a heft of that price that you are not in favor of. Instead get something different - maybe a Manfrotto, maybe even used. It is still well regarded and it can be light/strong/useful for astro depending on your selection, but having said that, light is not always best, unless you're climbing K2.
Best
JA