What is the difference between skymax 127 and ota?

[Rigel-7]

Looks like the supatrak now comes in black but the mountings look different in pictures. Can anybody clarify if there are any other differences... Quality ?

[Cornelius Varley]

The different versions of the telescope are all the same optically. The only difference is the location of the dovetail. The OTA has a mounting block on the bottom on the tube to suit photographic tripods and the AZ version has a dovetail on the right hand side. The Skymax OTA can fitted with a standard vixen dovetail (available from all good shops).

Peter