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Originally Posted by Leo.G
My mention was more curiosity, I believe the Powermate is better performance than the average Barlow or that seems to be my take on the subject.
I'd love to get one one day. The 5 times is so much cheaper than the 4 times but it's probably overkill for what I'd want so I'll wait for an used unit to come up at a price I can afford (one day maybe).
I don't believe I have the zoom function on my Nikon D810 unless you're talking about the live view zoom, in which case it's as useful as skid steer on a school bus?
The Nikon live view is BEYOND pathetic in low light. I'm more prone to running into the house with the CF card, shoving it in my computer, checking focus, running back out, making minor adjustments if required, rinse and repeat.
I've just taken delivery of a 24" (roughly) MSI monitor with HDMI and 12 volt power brick. I can run a mini HDMI cable from my camera to the full sized unit via an adapter I purchased, run it to the 24" thing and view my images straight from the camera without needing mains power. Not so big an issue at home but if I go to somewhere with darker skies (a friends farm), it's easy with 12 volt supply requirements.
I got the monitor new for only $99, couldn't pass it up. I had one I was given that had blown up which I was repairing but I got sick of too many screens laying around in bits and think I threw it out.
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Powermates are premium optical and worth every cent. Barlow’s are good but Powermates have superior design and optical engineering with 4 elements.
I’ve had mine since 2017
My Canon 600D has an excellent live view when used with BYEOS , if fact I use it to polar align my rigs using Synscan polar alignment routine which is as accurate as Polemaster or NINA.
Gee nice big screen at 24” , I’m using a 15” for capture and 17” for processing
A 24” would be luxury compared to what I use.
Cheers
Martin