Frank Schwartz wrote:
>
> I have an 8" LX-50, and was considering buying an LX-200, but I thought
> perhaps I should consider some sort of other mount/drive system instead. My
> objective is to have something that will give me great PEC, clock drive, can
> interface with an ST-4, and is good for astrophotography. As far as I can
> tell, my OTA is just fine, it's the drive system that the LX-50's have a bad
> rap for.
>
> Anyone know of any readings about this? Is there something I can just drop
> my OTA into, or would I have to retrofit it?

You can use the Losmandy mounting system to attach the OTA to any mount that
will carry the tube. With mounts the line "you get what you pay for"
applies perfectly. You can rank the mounts for photographic use by their
price tags.

Losmandy G-11 is about the minimum for photography. Here's a rough ranking
of commonly found mounts that I have used that are "reasonably" priced.

Losmandy G-11
Takahashi EM-10
Astrophysics 600
Tak EM-200
AP 900
Mountain Instruments 250
Losmandy GM-200
AIM Controls
AP 1200
Tak NJP

My advice would be to decide how much money you want to spend and then look
at your choices. Portable photographic mounts start at about US$ 2,000 and
go up to $13,000

Gene Horr

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