Posts Made By: Mark Keitel

Peter,

You have many great questions about the M300
If I had asked those questions I more than likely would never have bought one myself.

I would have to agree
depends on what you want to do with it though
Viewing? CCD?
Tak FS-102 or the Sky 90 depending on your application

Here it is slightly fixed with CCDOPTS

Mark

I would say that the Kendrick tent is perfect
Was in one this past Nov. when a bad ThunderStorm came through. Had the rain going sideways and they said we had 45 mph winds with higher gusts. The Kendricks on the field helps up perfectly
And they have allot of room in them too
Then again there is a limit to the size scope you can put in one of them though

Raw image

Another picture or Bessy and the mount and of course me too

Thank you

Mark

Forrest,

Congrads on getting your Kendrick tent
I bet you are allot more comfortable now with it
I was up Sat and Sunday night with ski pants and jacket and gloves myself.

More like Northern weather than Florida weather right now

Mark

Jeff,

Very nice image
you still using the 10e

Mark

Peter,

So you are ready to take the huge plunge?
LOL
I would say use the FS-102 first on the AP 600 mount, it will be easier for you at first since you will need to set up and alignment each time you go out, and with the C-11 it will be much more critical than on the FS-102, ALSO any of these will be on the useless side with the C-11 unless you have a reducer for it. The chip being so small that you will not be able to get an object on the chip

Right now the SBIG 7i with the e chip is $1295 new
Personally, I bought the filters and have just started using them after doing this for 10 weeks, so I would say get good with the B&W, and with the processing and safe your bucks for the filter.
Then you can guide maually with the Tak 60c or get a used SBIGST4 on Amart for about $400 and then guide with it
OR
Look for a used SBIG 7 camera not sure how much they are righ tnow bit then you can forego the ST4 since the 7 has the guide chip, this will be less money than the 7e since the ship will not be the more sensative e chip
OR
You can go for the SBIG 237 with the internal filter wheel
The chip on the 237 is much smaller than the 7i and I would not think it to be usefull with the C-11 later on.

This is just my opinion and I would hope that you will be getting many more others in a short time

OH YES
I would also go for the NABG and not the ABG camera

Peter good luck

Mark

Angel,

Looks great
Here in the Tampa area it has been raining all day and lookslike it will until Tuesday
Would like to have your weather

Mark