Suggestions for a tracking camera mount for wide-field photography?

Does anyone have suggestions on a good tracking mount of a camera to be
used for "camera only" wide-field photography (aka no telescope at this
time)? Should be able to hold a medium format camera if possible.

On 22 Oct 2005 06:02:16 -0700, "rcyoung"
wrote:

Does anyone have suggestions on a good tracking mount of a camera to be
used for "camera only" wide-field photography (aka no telescope at this
time)? Should be able to hold a medium format camera if possible.


Maybe a LXD-55 GEM. You should be able to find one a good price.
-JATO
http://jatobservatory.org

On 22 Oct 2005 06:02:16 -0700, "rcyoung"
wrote:

Does anyone have suggestions on a good tracking mount of a camera to be
used for "camera only" wide-field photography (aka no telescope at this
time)? Should be able to hold a medium format camera if possible.

The Kenko Skymemo would be ideal for your application. It offers an
excellent factory aligned polar finder scope, a robust and accurate
drive system, and is very compact. I use it with my Pentax 67 and a
105mm lens. Half hour exposures with no visible tracking errors are
no problem. You can see one of my photos taken with the described
setup he
http://www.ocastronomers.org/astroim...%20Photographs

More information on the Kenko mount can be found he
http://www.sciencecenter.net/hutech/...memo/index.htm

Good luck,

Jim Windlinger