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Old 31-03-2011, 12:58 PM
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Waxing_Gibbous (Peter)
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Yes.
Stear clear of Takahashi mounts.
Doubtless 'strongmanmike' and others will disagree but I stick to my guns!!!
They are beatiful and when they work, they work. But one trawl through the Tak users group on Yahoo will show them to be a long way from perfect. Threads beginning:"My EM200/400/500 won't - track, lock, go-to, stop, start, - is off by 10 arcminutes, etc etc." are very common. For the money, I'd want a bit more "plug and play" as it were.

Not that the EQ6 is perfect, but its a lot less money, will carry about the same weight as an EM200 and is miles simpler to operate. Also, you don't need a PC to run the EQ6, though you can if you want.
Some bloke in the US has come up with a hand controller for Temma II mounts, but its supposedly quite bug-ridden and is, of course, expensive.

In their favour, Tak. mounts are very solid, reasonably quiet and will probably last well into the next century.
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