New Camera Tracking mounts - MusicBox or Vixen Polarie
Hi All,
I was browsing through the Optcorp website and came accros some very interesting new mounts. I earlier posted in another thread about the Toast pro mount by toast-tech in Japan.
But this is the best one and really is so clever, a Musicbox tracking mount from Japan, that plays Twinkle twinkle while tracking. No Electronics. An old idea but a good one.
Fairly small load carrying capacity, 1.6kg - let's hope they're not being too optimistic or it might struggle with a DSLR and anything more than a 50mm lens.
I suspect many people are starting to think about these sort of devices with the upcoming eclipse in mind - I certainly am!
That second one, the musicbox, would be a bit of novelty, despite actually working rather well. You'd get a few funny looks off people at a star party!!!!
First one needs to be beefed up.....methinks I'll stick to the more "professional" trackers, including the homemade ones
That music box one is hilarious.
I've decided to bite the bullet and build a tracking camera mount. Want me to build two Fahim? We could share the R&D
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Originally Posted by netwolf
Hi All,
I was browsing through the Optcorp website and came accros some very interesting new mounts. I earlier posted in another thread about the Toast pro mount by toast-tech in Japan.
But this is the best one and really is so clever, a Musicbox tracking mount from Japan, that plays Twinkle twinkle while tracking. No Electronics. An old idea but a good one.
If I had a Pentax camera that would be my first choice I think.
It's a shame that the guy making the musicbox is struggling after the disaster, I think he was onto something just as long as you could turn the music off.
If anybody has missed it another review has been posted on the Vixen site.
For me the biggest revelation is that it also appears to come in Red too.
Although I haven't seen any dealers with that option yet.
