[nemesis (Joel)]

Hi All,

I'm looking at purchasing a cheapish 6-8" scope for beginner astrophotography purposes. I've had a look at quite a few scopes and the SkyWatcher SW500 6" with an RA motor drive for tracking appears to be a suitable and well priced beginners kit.

My question for the more experienced involves the mounting of a Nikon D3000 DSLR to the SW500. The camera body itself weighs around 500gm and I'm concerned that it may be too heavy for the RA motor drive to track correctly.

Has anyone attempted this before and does anyone have a better recommendation for a good starter tracking scope that a DSLR can be mounted to?

Cheers guys!