Skywatcher star adventurer or EQ3 pro

[Psychology]

Hi All

I am looking for a tracking mount for my Canon 60d for widefield shots. Anyone got experience of these. I intended to get the Star adventurer then thought if I got the EQ3 pro I could also mount my heritage 130p on it for observing.

Cheers

[Tinker1947]

There are quite a few SA owner on here, me included, its a nice bit of kit, performs well, and is very mobile......also doesn't need a lot of power to keep it going....

[Coastliner]

I have the SA and the 60D combo as well, no complaints!

[Alien 13]

That would be quite a hard choice, if portability is important then the SA would win but the EQ3-2 might offer more options with its slightly better load capacity.

I only have the single axis motor on mine but it can run off a cheap 5v power bank and has no problems doing 2min subs at 330mm FL the pro goto version is much more capable.

Price wise they are close once you factor in a £100 tripod for the SA.

Alan

[Scott]

for observation, I'd rather keep the heritage on a dob mount as opposed to an eq. also, whilst the camera is doing its thing on which ever mount you get, youve got the dob for visual .....win win 

[Davey-T]

I have SW SA and use it with 60Da and up to 300mm lens, quick to set up, no guiding needed and runs for ever on a set of AA batteries, it can easily do 10min  subs with a wide angle lens.

I took this image the other night just to test the tracking, slightly eggy stars if you zoom in but it was a 17 minute exposure.

Dave.

[Psychology]

Thanks guys, I think I need to think about this a bit longer, maybe an EQ5 would be better

[Davey-T]

Thanks guys, I think I need to think about this a bit longer, maybe an EQ5 would be better

EQ5 is a bit overkill for DSLR wide field.

Dave

[Psychology]

EQ5 is a bit overkill for DSLR wide field.

Dave

thanks Dave you are right, just thinking maybe if I wanted to go further into astrophotography. thinking maybe the EQ3 as like the idea of a goth scope.

[Psychology]

That should be goto not goth. Can't see how to edit!

[Davey-T]

EQ3 is not a good start to astro imaging HEQ5 is and will get you good images with DSLR on scope.

Think you need a minimum amount of posts before you can edit, can't remember how many.

Dave