On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 11:39 AM, Arun Hegde wrote:
That is unquestionably true. AP prices are for mount only. You will need counterweights, a counterweight bar, a dovetail to mount your telescope, a flat surface adapter and knobs to mount them on something like a Losmandy tripod all of which add to the price of the mount. Mine came with the counterweights and bar, but I had to purchase the other stuff, along with the V2 chip for the upgrade from the old Q firmware. All that adds up. And I still kept by GM811G because it is a really nice mount and more portable than the Mach 1. Plus the LHD tripod works with both mounts, so that's a win!
I'm well aware of this, I guess I was not clear when I said $10K and add accessories. It should have read $10K plus at about 50% for items Losmandy owners consider standard but AP considers accessories and assuming a fixed non-AP pier.?
For what an AP Mach2 costs - well equipped - for a variety pack of scopes you can buy a several Losmandy G11G moutns sans FHD saving nearly $700 per mount and build a roomy observatory to house them and never have to swap optics allowing for perfect polar, orthgonal alignment and balance for each optical tube design. There are many many images of very high quality produced on Losmandy mounts every year and that number will go up as the newer mounts get out there to serious imagers. Additionally having multiple mounts allows capturing multiple objects at once or a single object with differnt cameras and optics. Or imaging on two mounts while visually observing on the third, so many options whith multiple mounts none of which are possible with just a single mount as nice as it is.? ?
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