[AstroJason (Jason)]

Thanks Rod! Yeah astrophotography is definitely something I want to pursue further. At the moment I am thinking of sticking to wide angle photography, basically because I already have most of the equipment required. I bought a cheap $12 shutter release remote for the 60D off ebay a couple days ago, just waiting for that to arrive and my plan is to do some time lapse shots/videos. I’m really liking the panning kit used in some of the time lapse vids some guys are producing right now. Alex’s recent video of the ASKAP is a great example of this.


That said I have been thinking of purchasing the EQ6PRO mount. Not exactly starting small and slow though is it?! It’s obviously more than enough to handle the 60D and my 70-200mm lens. However I’m thinking of mounting maybe a 10” Newt on it for deep sky observing as well as using it for astro shots. Still undecided here though and that’s mainly why I don’t want to rush into it too quickly. I really learnt my lesson from my 12” Starfinder and really just want something that is portable and good enough for both visual and photographic use.