Chuck,
Do you consider to mount your camera reverse on the 410? That will be tilt
up to 90 degree.
Cheers,
Michael
On 1 May 2015 at 08:41, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It's late twilight and the moon was just hanging there inviting a shot
> with the E-M1. I rounded up the Orion 500/5.6 spotting scope, a T2 to OM
> adapter and an OM to 4/3 adapter and put everything on my big Manfrotto
> tripod with 410 geared head. Ooops! That head doesn't tilt up more than
> 30 degrees. Go grab the Manfrotto 3-way head. Ooops. Same problem... no
> tilt more than 30 degrees. Ball head. Naw, hard to install and also
> limited in tilt angle except in one orientation.
>
> I have two equatorial heads but one is for the 8" Celestron. No reason to
> put a 500mm Orion on it and no easy way to mount it if I did. I also have
> a 4.5" Meade reflector with equatorial mount but there's no easy way to
> attach to that either... at least in a hurry.
>
> So, those of you who have been taking moon shots... what are you using for
> support? Or do I just depend on IS to do the job. :-)
>
> Chuck Norcutt
> --
> _________________________________________________________________
> Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
> Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
> Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
>
>
--
_________________________________________________________________
Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
|