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Originally Posted by Crater101
Folks;
Firstly, my sincere thanks for the replies and overall information. I am not worthy... 
We'll be in the UK / Iceland area, and I'm looking to capture some of the northern sky with a view to making a relatively large (about A2 sized) print or two for the wall on our return. Hence the star tracker. If I'm going to be printing an image that size, I want things to be as sharp as possible.
I have a selection of tripods, aluminium, carbon fibre, and steel. Very conscious of the fact that the more stability the better, but I'm also going to have to carry it hither and yon. And while I still have a reasonable level of fitness, my best days are behind me, so I want to keep it all light.
Hadn't heard of the MoveShoot Move either, will be looking at those as well.
It'll be carrying a load of a Canon 6D with lenses including a Samyang 14mm f2.8, a Canon 35mm f1.4, and possibly a Canon 135mm f2.
Cheers for all the advice folks! |
I'd go the carbon fibre tripod.
The 14 2.8 should be easy to use. Is it a good copy? The 135 will require an excellent polar alignment (much easier in the northern hemi). I tried imaging with a 135 with my polar alignment done with an ASIAIR (so reasonably close) and it was so so. That would be tough in the field without practice of nailing polar alignment. Is that lens also heavy?
I reckon the new Polarie would be good. I liked my original Polarie and got a lot of use out of it. Mostly 14mm to 24mm.
Try searching on yout tube for the guy that reviews a lot of these trackers. He didn't review the Polarie though. Keep your setup simple. Some of these trackers have a peephole to align Polaris with and that's good enough for round stars at smaller focal lengths.
Sharp 14mm images are better than trailed 135mm images. But you can up the ISO and lower the exposure time as a strategy.
Greg.