inlin3

Hello, I was wondering if someone could help me. I'm currently using a star adventurer with my dslr and 70-200. One issue I have with this setup is that I have to remove/attach the tripod base plate everytime i go from normal photography to astrophotography. Which I do often. I was wondering if there is anyway accessory or way of setting an arcaswiss or manfroto 200PL compatible baseplate to the Dovetail L-Bracket on the star adventurer. Yes i could remove the DEC fine adjustment from the L-bracket and attach a ballhead but im afraid I would overload the mount. Thanks in advance!

I found that my trailing comes from the SA itself, the tripod setup is extremely sturdy when all set. I also have a tripod from eq5 with an adapter and see no difference when shooting. Its mostly about the balance, the head+camera+lens adds too much weight that the counterweight cannot .. counter. Yes, i'm using a crop canon.

Damn! thats a high tripod!! Unfortunately i'm not able to get more than 120secs with my 70-200 unguided. tried to get the ball head (manfrotto xpro bhq2) as you did, but the whole setup becomes unbalanced. That why i thought about just putting a arca swiss clamp on the dovetail fine adjusting setup. thanks!

Hello, Just a small question. I want to use a DSLR on the SA included dovetail without having to remove the quick release plate from the camera. One option would be to atach the whole ball head to the dovetail, but I'm worried about the extra weight. My question is, would I be able to just get a arca swiss plate and clamp from amazon and attach the clamp to the fine-tuning end of the dovetail? If so any clamps you recommend. I have seen some pictures with what seem's to be panning bases doing this job but i'm unsure if they are standard bases or something custom built. thanks in advance!