Mireia replied to the topic 'Crescend + Sadr region from Berlin' in the forum. 5 years ago

Well, the mount has very mixed reviews in Cloudynights. But don't get me wrong, I think the mount even for astrophotography has an outstanding design and I wouldn't hesitate to buy it again (although I would have chosen the package with the mak127 to also do some visual ;). If you get a decent unit is like having a Star Adventurer on steroids for almost the same price and the same weight/volume. Of course, if it would have targetted the astrophotography community there would be things to improve a bit, like more consistency in the backlash and some little details like a better clamp. But its price would have skyrocketed for sure. And anyway, my unit is pretty good, the backlash is not very noticeable visually and the gotos leave me the objects pretty well centered.

I would really love to see how hackable it is in the long run, how tunable it is to reduce the backlash in those units that need it (or even how possible it would be to convert it to a belt driven system) and what other crazy ideas people come up with.

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