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Arca Swiss is really way out of my budget... but good to know there are more geared tripod head around. I haven't found many geared head, except those from Manfrotto and the Arca Swiss cube. Manfrotto heads are way too heavy, even heavier than Astrotrac's wedge (it feels lighter than it looks) and it use it's own QR plate. (That 2 combined are deal breakers).
And no, I don't want the tripod to have splay...since I often just put my tripod in my backpack...and with splay it would take up more space in the suitcase too(I usually travel with a very small one).
As for tripod... I would stick with what I have now, maybe until I purchase a 500mm lens (oh well, a used Nikon 500mm/4 P is actually affordable). I'm more interested in landscape than deep sky images and where I live doesn't have much chance to use star trackers anyway. Price tag aside, weight of bigger tripods is a big consideration too.
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