Re: [APML] GM-8/G11/Vixen GP-DX dilemma

[Christopher Go <christone@pacific.net.ph>]

I own a Ceravolo HD145 and use my GM8 with it visually.  It works okay with 
ths set up but for astrophotography, I would recommend a bigger mount.  I 
use an AP900QMD for astrophotography.  The price difference between the GM8 
and G11 isn't really that much and you get a beefier mount!  In the end, as 
Roland would say, getting a beefier mount is a very good investment and 
will SAVE you money in the long run..

If you go for the GM8, get a set of vibration supression pads...

Regards,

Chris


At 06:35 PM 10/01/2001 -0400, you wrote:

>>  So right now I'm most likely stuck with choosing between a GM-8 and the 
>> Vixen GP-DX, of course, after I add the price of the two drive motors 
>> and hand controller to the GP-DX, we're lookin at about $100 shy of a NEW G11.
>
>-snip-
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>         For a 6" mak-newt, get the G-11.  My Ceravolo 145 mak sits on an 
> old Losmandy CP-100 (about the same size as the G-11), and I would not 
> mount it on anything smaller, visually or photographically.
>         The GP-DX is a superb mount for piggy back work, suh as an 80mm 
> short tube servign as guidescope and say a Nikon with a 200mm to 300mm 
> lens for shooting, by way of example.  It is also a good mount if you are 
> travelling and need something astro-photo capable but reasonably portable.
>         But the Losmandy is, IMO, a better mount all around.  And that 
> advice is comming from somebody who sells the GP-DX (up here in Canada), 
> but personally uses a Losmandy.  :)
>
>         the singular advantage to the Vixen mount is the ability to use 
> the SS-2000 GOTO controller.  Darned expensive little unit, but it is, 
> IMO, one of the nicest GOTO systems around.
>joe
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