Precision Gear Tripod Head

[analoggrotto]

Gearing up (pun) for a trip into the Appalachian mountains this fall to finally get after some deep sky shooting. R5 or not, this is going to happen.

I have a manfrotto 055 tripod. I guess I'll be looking into upgrading that soon too.

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

I did use my 410 geared head for comet Neowise (I don't have a tracking one). I had my EOS R, 100-400L + 1.4X TC and adapter. It was miserable to use with so much play. I've toyed with getting a tracking head, Brian at TDP mentioned one that works but is being pushed to its limits with a similar weight setup. If I had the ability to take long exposures, I would have realized that I was cutting off the tail of the comet with my setup. A 2 sec exposure let me adjust the image enough to bring out a sensor filling image, but I missed half of the tail.

The reason I do not buy one of the low cost astro trackers is that I have no clue as to what I really need in addition to the package.

Canon EOS R5 Catches Comet NEOWISE

Picture Name: Canon EOS R5 Catches Comet NEOWISE, Camera: Canon EOS R5, Lens: Canon EF 200mm f/2L IS USM Lens

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