Hi, I was at NEAF and I remember asking a question of Marj and/or Roland about the compatibility of the polemaster camera on the mach2 mount, and at the time I believe I only heard they'd look into it

Thank you for the responses on the Polemaster. And the mount testing seems extensive, thank you! My target, with current mount, based on my camera/image scale has been < .70 arc second when imaging at

Marj, I put my name on the list before it was announced, Mach 1 timeframe, so should I expect to be contacted? I was also first to put a deposit on one at OPT who told me they were going to get a coup

Thank you for the thoughtful response. I wrote my post while flying across country without internet so it was a bit out of order as you were posting some other thoughts on pricing and value. I never t

Roland, I hope you’re able to join Stellafane again in the future.. it’s a great get-together. best, Terri

You make an excellent point as does Roland in defending his pricing (and his customer following defending the same). I’m sure this mount will be as good as its price demands. The point you’re making i

Hi Roland, Since the encoders are a key feature of the Mach2GTO, it would be really nice to have them work to zero degrees as well as the rest of the mount. While zero is a bit extreme, and it’s rare

Roland, thanks again for your response. Is your comment on -25 F a storage temp issue or just an operation issue? I typically leave my setup in the garage (roll it in and out) between imaging sessions

Roland, thanks much for clarifying. I don’t work at -25 F so was just wondering whether they needed to be brought inside for extreme temps, but seems not. Terri

Hi Rolando, I’ve thought about this a bit now, and I know chasing the seeing can be counter-productive when doing astrophotography. If you have a mount that should be tracking at .25 arc-sec or less,

Hi Rolando, thanks for the response and sorry if my question wasn’t clear… but it’s not been very clear in my mind either so I’ll try again and then probably noodle on it some more. I’m trying to unde

Marj, thanks so much.. that was going to be my next question, but I thought rather than bother you for something that I might find on the site, I looked it up on the A-P site and the Mach 2 listed it

Thanks again Rolando. And I look forward to being a customer soon. OPT is telling me as soon as October, but not heard that early a date here so will be cautiously optimistic. One question I still hav

To continue discussion on a tripod for the Mach2. I was originally going to buy the AP Eagle but the discussion here has convinced me that I should at least look at the alternatives. I’ve narrowed my

Thank you for all of the inputs on the tripod options. I think I’m going to settle on the Avalon TPOD first. The fact that it’s really light weight and comes with it’s own case are nice benefits and I

Dean, what does this mean? I just put in an order for the mach2 plus keypad? Is the current keypad not compatible or lacking something with the mach2? Terri

Thanks guys for explaining. I just ordered the tripod, weights, keypad and am hoping for a decent date for the mach2. Terri

Rolando, I’ve just placed my order for all accessories including a keypad with my vendor. Should I have waited on the keypad until the Mach2 is shipping, or is this a pretty transparent change that I’

A few more questions for the Mach2. First, what is the counterweight need for the Mach2? I was surprised about the larger mounts needing from 90-120% of the weight of the load. Is this what I can expe

Hi Karen, thank you for the response.. good to hear from you too. So you satisfied my curiosity on this one.. as I was wondering if the signature was some kind of inside thing known only to long-time