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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Astro tracker for the D810 + Tamron 15-30mm f/2.8 ? | |
A Nikon D810 with Tamron 15-30mm f/2.8 will be mine some time before october, I hope.
We're going on a 2-week trip around the very north of the north (Tromsö, Lofoten islands, north cape, etc.) in october, and I want to shoot stars, star scapes, aurorae, nightscapes, landscapes, etc. (With the sun at a maximum elevation of 9° the light should be great all day long for landscapes )
Obviously, I won't need a tracker for most of the trip, and the Milky Way won't be visible ever, but I would still like to experiment with composites where you can see the stars over the Fjords. (the second week has a new moon phase, after all)
I've had a few tries at stars with my Fuji X-T10 and Samyang 12mm f/2 and was quite happy with the results, but I've always been lusting for a tracker to do stacking and longer exposures and the likes.
I recently discovered the iOptron Skytracker Pro that I liked a lot. But the weight limitation confused me.
Obviously, the Fuji isn't an issue, but the Nikon with 15-30/2.8 at over 2kg would already ask for the counterweight.
Add to that the fact that my ballhead is 700gr on its own, and we approach 3 kg already, which is the total weight limit for the skytracker pro. (What about the 1,3 kg counterweight?)
If I use my Yongnuo remote, maybe a light pollution filter, etc. or want to shoot the 200-500mm (joining the family some time 2018, I hope) to take images of galaxies and star constellations, I'm way over the load limit of this tracker.
So, I kept on looking and found the Sky Watcher Star Adventurer that could be had for only a little more than the Skytracker pro with counterweight (which I couldn't find in my country anyways), but can handle a 5 kg load.
What are your experiences and suggestions?
ps: I know that a good copy of the Samyang 24mm f/1.4 would be cooler than the Tamron zoom, but since I also want to shoot loads of landscapes, the Tamron will be the perfect "compromise".
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