Oberwerk has plans to offer new wood P-Mount
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Oberwerk has plans to offer new wood P-Mount
Talked to the folks at Oberwerk and was told they plan to offer their own P-Mount. Wood construction. I think she said late July coming in at around $550 with no Tripod.If it's as impressive as their TR3 wood tripod that would make a nice setup.
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Re: Oberwerk has plans to offer new wood P-Mount
Aside from the impressive aesthetics, what are the benefits of a wood tripod versus the ones made of metal?Gulf Coast Guy wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2019 8:39 pm Talked to the folks at Oberwerk and was told they plan to offer their own P-Mount. Wood construction. I think she said late July coming in at around $550 with no Tripod.If it's as impressive as their TR3 wood tripod that would make a nice setup.
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Re: Oberwerk has plans to offer new wood P-Mount
I'm not sure but There is competition out there Google Starlight Innovation Para-LightMax Nomad wrote: ↑Fri Jun 28, 2019 9:31 amAside from the impressive aesthetics, what are the benefits of a wood tripod versus the ones made of metal?Gulf Coast Guy wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2019 8:39 pm Talked to the folks at Oberwerk and was told they plan to offer their own P-Mount. Wood construction. I think she said late July coming in at around $550 with no Tripod.If it's as impressive as their TR3 wood tripod that would make a nice setup.
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OTA's: 203mm f10 Meade SCT (LXD75); Antares 80mm Refractor w/William Optics APOGrade f6.9 objective; Orion Starseeker 80 f11.2 Refractor
Mount/tripod's: Meade LXD-75 EQ; Orion Starseeker IV ALT/AZ; Celestron Heavy Duty ALT/AZ Farpoint UBM (Universal Binocular Mount)
Eyepieces:Meade - 26mm plossl, 12mm Astrometric; GSO (OPT badge) 2" Superview 50mm & 30mm 1.25" 15mm; TMB Planetary Series 9mm, 6mm, & 4mm: 10mm & 23mm 60° that came with the 80mm f11.2
Barlows: Orion 2x Shorty; Meade 4000 Series 3x
Binoculars:Brunton 10x50 Celestron Skymaster 15x70 Oberwerk 25x100 IF delux
Mount/tripod's: Meade LXD-75 EQ; Orion Starseeker IV ALT/AZ; Celestron Heavy Duty ALT/AZ Farpoint UBM (Universal Binocular Mount)
Eyepieces:Meade - 26mm plossl, 12mm Astrometric; GSO (OPT badge) 2" Superview 50mm & 30mm 1.25" 15mm; TMB Planetary Series 9mm, 6mm, & 4mm: 10mm & 23mm 60° that came with the 80mm f11.2
Barlows: Orion 2x Shorty; Meade 4000 Series 3x
Binoculars:Brunton 10x50 Celestron Skymaster 15x70 Oberwerk 25x100 IF delux
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Re: Oberwerk has plans to offer new wood P-Mount
Sounds like the wood tripod/P-mount will be quite attractive. Not sure if it will be more stable than metal though.
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Re: Oberwerk has plans to offer new wood P-Mount
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Scopes: Zhumell Z8, Meade Adventure 80mm, Bushnell 1300x100 Goto Mak.
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AP: 50mm guidescope, AR0130 based guidecam, Canon T3i, UHC filter.
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Binos: Celestron Skymaster 15x70 (Albott tripod/monopod), Nikon Naturalist 7x35.
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