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Originally Posted by Dennis
Quite possibly – I once heard that e.g. Takahashi specify their mounts load carrying rating for imaging/auto guiding, whilst e.g. Losmandy specify their mounts load carrying rating for visual use and it is recommended to de-rate it for imaging?
Cheers
Dennis
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This sounds quite logical. I suppose if they are trying to market this mount in Japan against the low end tak mounts then stating the maximum capacity with regards to astrophotography makes sense. On the other hand, if you are marketing it in the US and your competition is more for visual use then stating a 'maximum capacity' with reference to visual capacity also makes sense. The different capacity figures would then be 15kg maximum recommended for photography, and 22kg maximum for visual.