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Originally Posted by niko
"Towards the end of the session i was turning it more and more clockwise and it did seem like it was starting to make a difference but the amount i was having to turn the mount was, i thought, a bit extreme. I was almost at the limit of what i could turn the mount clockwise."
this makes me think the mount isn't aligned quite enough to begin with.
I had much the same problem - winding, winding, winding. Then I moved the mount a little more to the left and the whole thing snapped into place.
There's an article on IIS that details maiking a wooden jig to help align the mount which I find very useful.
cheers
niko
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Yes, sometimes it's better when you're starting out to just pick up the whole rig and turn it a couple of inches so you KNOW you've made a decent change (assuming you can safely lift it all or at least twist it on a single leg). When you've had more practice you'll be able to get the tripod close enough to S that you can adjust azimuth only with the knobs.