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Originally Posted by marki
Moonlite with stepper motor and moonlite controller. Solid as a house brick and the best value 2" focuser for an SCT this side of a van slyke. It is accurate with perfect repeatability, has masses of grunt to lift heavy loads and locks the camera in place via 3 thumb screws on a brass compression ring. The two speed controller comes with temp compensation and also allows the use of the stepper controlled focuser for visual stuff (ie it moves a lot faster at the high speed setting).
Feather touch make a nice little add on that replaces the main focuser knob for the primary converting it into a 10.1 setup. This is also worth considering if you want to do a lot of visual observing as well.
Mark
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Thanks heaps for your input, I've been significantly challenged by this decision and have looked at a number of options. Even looked at Van Slyke, dribbled a bit, then closed the browser....
I've considered feathertouch focusers several times but I am still inclined to go for the Moonlite.
There are a couple of things that count.
1/ They are about to start shipping a 2.5" focusers with a 12lb lift capacity when motorised... and they'll ship me this size now as a special order. That gives flexibility if I change OTA
2/ I'd go for the precision stepper motor system with DRO. The combination looks real stable. Stepper is better than DC for a range of reasons.
3/ Price is right, (ie, no more horrific than any other option).
4/ Replies from the company are like clockwork and very informative
5/ TAX refund just cleared
6/ Wife doesn't know.....
7/ I'm not telling her
