[darrellx (Darrell)]

Hi All

I have two Balancing questions for you, which have come about because I have just weighed all my equipment.

First, there is a 200g difference in weight between my lightest and heaviest eyepiece. If you setup and balance your scope with say a light eyepiece then during the viewing session change eyepieces to a heavier one, I suppose there is no point in rebalancing the scope. I don't. Does 200g make a real difference?

Following on from this, and say you change to do some photography during the session, I would be changing the weight by around 600g. (I have an EOS400d) This is significant. At the moment, to rebalance this is what I do.
Park the scope.
Change equipment.
Rebalance.
Re-align.

All this takes time. Is there an easier way? Or do you not even bother with a 600g difference in weight?

Thanks
Darrell