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Subject: Re: vote by xxx.xxx.16.6 By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.248.215) In Reply to: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.16.6) (Original Vote) Date: 09/29/2002 07:27:27 am PST Hi, are you kiddin' to rate this thing a 10? Be more realistic! A Takahashi, Astrophysics or Losmandy only earns a 9 because they all have little things that could be make better. This chinese low cost mount has many points that can be make better, the drive system, the polar finder, the polar finder cap, the setting circles, the worm gears (periodic error) e.t.c. The realistic vote is a 5 and that's a good vote for this. >After a year and a half of trying to beef up the CG5 mount that came with my CR150 refractor, I finally decided it was time to purchase a heavier duty mount. I had made up my mind to go for the Losmandy G11 even tho the price had been keeping me from buying it in the past. Then, into the market, comes the EQ6. After some reading, discussion and emailing to several dealers and owners of this mount, I decided to purchase one. I was given a great deal by ITE in Montana and had the mount shipped immediately. The bottom line on this mount is that it handles the 34# payload, that my scope setup now weighs, with ease. Something the poor old CG5 simply could not do anymore. Operation is smooth and "very" quiet. In fact when I first turned it on, I thought it was broken as there was absolutely no sound whatsoever coming from the motors. It was working just fine as I was to find out. It tracks smoothly and and stays on target while doing so.When properly polar aligned objects stay centered with no drift whatsoever. It is a large and heavy mount, and makes the CG5 look like a toy next to it. Well finished and fitted this mount should prove to be excellent for anyone with a large, or heavy, OTA etc. I am currently having a GOTO system professionally so my viewing times will be more viewing than finding. This mount will surely give the G11 and the CI700 a run for their money, at a lot lower price. With the new GOTO, I will have spent only a few pennies more for the entire setup, than the cost of admission to the G11 alone. Highly recommended. Subject: Re: vote by xxx.xxx.16.6 By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.215.27) In Reply to: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.248.215) (Original Message) Date: 03/12/2003 01:23:05 am PST I think you may be missing the point here. One's expectations of cheaper equipment are lower than of something costing much more. Minor problems that may be viewed as acceptable on on EQ6 would not be so on a G11 costing many times the price. In addition when trading up from something like a CG5/EQ5 then the impresssion made by this mount would be much greater that to someone used to a G11, an Astrophysics or a Takahashi. I believe all these points should be taken into consideration before deciding what is "realistic." >Hi, > >are you kiddin' to rate this thing a 10? >Be more realistic! >A Takahashi, Astrophysics or Losmandy only earns a 9 because they all >have little things that could be make better. >This chinese low cost mount has many points that can be make better, >the drive system, the polar finder, the polar finder cap, the setting circles, >the worm gears (periodic error) e.t.c. >The realistic vote is a 5 and that's a good vote for this. > >>After a year and a half of trying to beef up the CG5 mount that came with my CR150 refractor, I finally decided it was time to purchase a heavier duty mount. I had made up my mind to go for the Losmandy G11 even tho the price had been keeping me from buying it in the past. Then, into the market, comes the EQ6. After some reading, discussion and emailing to several dealers and owners of this mount, I decided to purchase one. I was given a great deal by ITE in Montana and had the mount shipped immediately. The bottom line on this mount is that it handles the 34# payload, that my scope setup now weighs, with ease. Something the poor old CG5 simply could not do anymore. Operation is smooth and "very" quiet. In fact when I first turned it on, I thought it was broken as there was absolutely no sound whatsoever coming from the motors. It was working just fine as I was to find out. It tracks smoothly and and stays on target while doing so.When properly polar aligned objects stay centered with no drift whatsoever. It is a large and heavy mount, and makes the CG5 look like a toy next to it. Well finished and fitted this mount should prove to be excellent for anyone with a large, or heavy, OTA etc. I am currently having a GOTO system professionally so my viewing times will be more viewing than finding. This mount will surely give the G11 and the CI700 a run for their money, at a lot lower price. With the new GOTO, I will have spent only a few pennies more for the entire setup, than the cost of admission to the G11 alone. Highly recommended. Subject: Are you kiddin By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.69.34) Date: 07/17/2003 02:39:05 am PST I think the reviewer was right to give it a 10, if he felt it deserved it against comparable mounts (GP DX for instance). His points are valid. You wouldn't give your average family saloon car a 5 because it didn't match up to Ferrari in terms of handling, brakes, steering, performance. The same applies to an EQ6 and a all the top notch mounts you mentioned. The EQ6 isn't competing against those mounts. Subject: Re: vote by xxx.xxx.69.187 By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.69.187) In Reply to: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.69.187) (Original Vote) Date: 10/29/2003 07:32:27 am PST Update to this review - I've since had a good chance to give the EQ6 a work out, both for visual and photographic use. For visual use, well the verdict is easy - as good any mount out there, including anything Losmandy can knock together. If you wanted was a stable mount that could track will viewing, the EQ6 is all you would ever need. 10/10 For short exposure imaging with webcam - This is just superb. Ultra stable with an 8" F5 reflector or C9.25, this makes focusing much easier and the object stays glued to the screen. 10/10 For Medium exposure imaging with MX5-c - Now I tried this at a star party with plenty of premium kit about that should have embarrassed the EQ6 and me. But no, the EQ6 impressed a lot of people. Had no trouble imaging M31 at prime focus for 2 mins unguided with not a hint of trailing or jitters. 8/10 Haven't tried long exposure imaging. But without the ability to plug (without spending another £700) in an autoguider, it would fail miserably. 2/10 Fit and finish isn't bad but doesn't compare to anything by Losmandy. The tripod is excellent, illuminated polar scope works well, zero backlash in the motors and both axis are smooth in operation. 6/10 A solid 8/10 overall >After dwelling for weeks as to which mount to buy as a replacement for my overworked EQ5, I finally settled for the EQ6. I was also waiting to see if a secondhand GPDX would come onto the market but no such luck. >The EQ6 was at the top of my budget, so anything by Losmandy was a non-starter. It left me with two choices - EQ6 or plain GP with Synta drives. The load capacity of the GP didn't seem too impressive, so went with the EQ6. >Let me say straight off that I think it was a good choice. The mount is absolutely rock solid - thats with an 8" f5 newt, 4.7" f5 guidescope, 8x50 finder, electric focus and heavy 2" eyepieces. Even at the highest powers the newtonian can cope with, the image does not budge. Damp down times at low to medium powers are as good as instant. With 2secs at very highest power. This is not Synta mounts as I know them! >The downside is a jitter from the RA drive, poor PEC. I haven't attempted to reduce it but there's plenty of material around the net on how to do it. > >The bottom line is - if like me you are working on a very tight budget, there's no other option! If you are into long exposure imaging and working to this budget, then you are doomed! Because no mount, new or old, for £600 is going to provide a basis for long exposure photography. The EQ6 has to get a thumbs up. Page 1 of 1 | ||||||||
