Re: [APML] small AP mount (was: M42 at 300mm on new EQ6 mount)

[DBogan3220@aol.com]

>I'm a bit confused by this spur drive claim and I suspect that's what at play here is >the drive train between the stepper and the worm. Not having seen an EQ-6 in the >flesh I can't say that's the case but that's what Synta seems to do. 

       Hey I just heard about it I don't know if that is true or not. The claim I heard according to one individual as he described it having clock gears and no Worm involved. If his discription is reliable this is something you really do not want for Astro-Photography. It may be just fine for visual use only which I would concur as several have already mentioned. 

  > I guess I'm going to have to get one of these mounts and see for myself....
 
>Regards,
>Bill Dean

      We are jsut trying to help. Don't let price only be your concern. If a person say's who sell's these mounts say they are only suitable for Visual and some piggyback Astro and not prime focus I think I would listen. The mounts you listed should do the task you want. Maybe you should save some more money and get the G11. I mean if the Syntha mount does not meet your expectations your basically stuck. You now have to sell it and you will take a loss. I think I would just bite the bullet and get the mount that you need to do the job you want it to perform. And let someone else be the guppie.  :-)

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     Dwight L Bogan


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