Clock drive mount for 35mm cameras

Can anyone point me in the direction of the website that was selling a
dedicated clock drive & tripod for small telescopes/35mm cameras? I think
they were being sold for around £100-125.

Cheers

Martin

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Can anyone point me in the direction of the website that was selling a
dedicated clock drive & tripod for small telescopes/35mm cameras? I think
they were being sold for around £100-125.

Cheers

Martin

Something like this?
http://www.scopeoptics.com/Orion_Mini_EQ_Scope_Camera_Mount.html

Otherwise you could consider a small motorized german equatorial mount but
cost will be sensibly higher. Or if you like DIY, google for "barndoor
tracker", like this one: http://www.cloudbait.com/projects/barndoor.html
Clear skies,

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Can anyone point me in the direction of the website that was selling a
dedicated clock drive & tripod for small telescopes/35mm cameras? I think
they were being sold for around £100-125.

Cheers

Martin


Something like this?
http://www.scopeoptics.com/Orion_Mini_EQ_Scope_Camera_Mount.html


or in UK:

http://www.scsastro.co.uk/it040048.htm

for £55. Actually, I was also interested. Does anyone have any good
experience with this? Is it possible to get decent results with it or
it's just a "toy" and you really need a decent equatorial mount? It
looks great to travel light with just the camera in places wher light
pollution is not as bad as where I live!

Philippe

Martin wrote:
Can anyone point me in the direction of the website that was selling a
dedicated clock drive & tripod for small telescopes/35mm cameras?

http://www.beaconhilltelescopes.mcmail.com/

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Stephen

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Can anyone point me in the direction of the website that was selling a
dedicated clock drive & tripod for small telescopes/35mm cameras? I
think
they were being sold for around £100-125.

Cheers

Martin


Something like this?
http://www.scopeoptics.com/Orion_Mini_EQ_Scope_Camera_Mount.html


or in UK:

http://www.scsastro.co.uk/it040048.htm

for £55. Actually, I was also interested. Does anyone have any good
experience with this? Is it possible to get decent results with it or
it's just a "toy" and you really need a decent equatorial mount? It
looks great to travel light with just the camera in places wher light
pollution is not as bad as where I live!

Philippe
I've been a bit too quick: I see you have to add £45 for the motor.

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Can anyone point me in the direction of the website that was selling a
dedicated clock drive & tripod for small telescopes/35mm cameras? I
think
they were being sold for around £100-125.

for £55. Actually, I was also interested. Does anyone have any good
experience with this? Is it possible to get decent results with it or
it's just a "toy" and you really need a decent equatorial mount? It looks
great to travel light with just the camera in places wher light pollution
is not as bad as where I live!

Philippe
I've been a bit too quick: I see you have to add £45 for the motor.

Haven't you said in the £100-125 range? 55+45=£100
or in Italy:
http://www.astrotech.it/italiano/pro.../montature.htm
62 euro+56 euro = 118 euro / 1.45 = £82
As for performances of mini-EQ, I can't say anything. Never tested. I built
up my own barndoor tracker and was happy with it. Then I moved to piggy-back
photography with Vixen SP mount.
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Hi there Martin,

Beacon Hill Telescopes have a suitable electrically driven unit for less
than £130.

http://www.beaconhilltelescopes.mcma...pricelist.html

Look for Driven Camera Mount about 1/2 way down the page.

I've used one for over 3 years now and can confirm it is nicely put
together.

regards

Robert
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Can anyone point me in the direction of the website that was selling a
dedicated clock drive & tripod for small telescopes/35mm cameras? I think
they were being sold for around £100-125.

Cheers

Martin

I bought (secondhand) a unit that fits this description. It contains
a black plastic box that takes 12v in and powers a 240volt AC motor
that is geared down.
Inside is what appears to be a variable frequency oscillator with
a small adjustment range, that can be altered through a small hole
in the bottom of the box.
You attach the camera to a ball-joint that is connected to the motor
by a 6-inch drive shaft.

I have been able to get shots of about 1 minute using a 35mm F/L
lens on a DSLR. There are two drawbacks:
- the internal oscillator has a temperature dependency and takes
a little tweaking to get it to track accurately, and
- my ability to polar align by sighting along the drive shaft
or placing a laser beside it, is a bit rough

It's OK within its limitations but is not capable of taking
multi-minute exposures at high focal lengths. If you want something better
there's always the Kenko Skymemmo for 750 quid

Pete

On 2005-08-31, Robert Williams wrote:
Hi there Martin,

Beacon Hill Telescopes have a suitable electrically driven unit for less
than £130.

http://www.beaconhilltelescopes.mcma...pricelist.html

Look for Driven Camera Mount about 1/2 way down the page.

I've used one for over 3 years now and can confirm it is nicely put
together.

regards

Robert
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Can anyone point me in the direction of the website that was selling a
dedicated clock drive & tripod for small telescopes/35mm cameras? I think
they were being sold for around £100-125.

I bought a "Micro Star-Drive" from Astro Engineering at the 2004
Astrofest, but I've so far not used it (don't ask).
I see they have now withdrawn it (does anyone know why?) but it looks a
very solid piece of kit and it's still available from many dealers, such
as Green Witch and Sherwoods.
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Can anyone point me in the direction of the website that was selling a
dedicated clock drive & tripod for small telescopes/35mm cameras? I think
they were being sold for around £100-125.

Cheers

Martin



Thanks for all the links. Looks like a few options.

Martin