Baader Witty Tangent Mount discontinued...

[Macavity]

Had one of these a few years ago... Sold it... but grew to miss it!
I see that it is now "discontinued" from the Baader Range.
But if you want to buy a (near) variant:

https://www.altairastro.com/Micro-Adjustable-Geared-XYAZ-Head-for-Guide-Scope-Polarie.html

FWIW, bought mine of their Amazon link.

Need to think a bit about the 3/4" photo thread! But it does have
a standard 1/4" photo thread hole for other tripods & bolts etc.  

 

[Peter Drew]

These are really excellent units for multipurposes. We used to sell a similar version by Vixen in the 80's. For interested callers we had two tripods set up with spotting scopes, each tripod had a pan and tilt head and one had an additional geared head. We then asked them to point the telescopes at a distant object at a reasonably high magnification. Yet another one sold!  

[Alien 13]

I have been looking for something like this for ages, does any one know what sort of load it will carry? The alternatives I have looked at vary in price from £150 ish to over £1k.

Alan

[Macavity]

Hi Alan --

Thought I might test this out for myself (too)!  

This is perhaps the "worst case scenario"... But I am pleased to say
that the slow motions perform well (without judder) even like this.
Normally it would be better to use a Telephoto mount ring closer
to the balance point?!? But hey, it does work.

FWIW I entend to use it as an alternative to Guide Scope Rings
(not overly fond of them) to mount an "Electronic" Finderscope!



Sorry for blur / shake - I only have the ONE "real" camera now!