Orion ED80 mount

Hi all,

I'm contemplating getting an Orion ED80 for wide field viewing and
imaging. My original thought was to piggy back it on my Meade LX90, but
it'd be nice to have a separate mount too, in order to increase the
grab-and-go possibilities I'm somewhat lacking at the moment. The ED80
and piggybacking seem to be very popular subjects at the moment, so I've
already picked up a lot of info from other threads. I am however still
wondering about that "extra" mount...

I've seen what looks like a nice package deal with the SkyView Pro
mount. I've read very favourable reviews and it certainly looks a nice
stable piece of kit. Although I can see myself doing more imaging in the
piggyback configuration, I was wondering if this mount is also sturdy
enough to support a (consumer) digital camera set-up, a decent finder
and possibly other things I've not thought of yet. Could be that I'm
pushing it a little in terms of the stability and accuracy required for
good imaging, but this is likely to be very occasional (e.g. on
vacation, etc).

Any other thoughts/comments/experiences on this kind of set-up are of
course most welcome! Given the popularity of these scopes, I can imagine
plenty of you have been though a similar selection process.


Cheers,

Steve