I travel a lot. I have a good 55 lb capacity carbon fiber photography tripod. I'm looking at a mount that will work with that tripod while travelling. I had originally been vacillating between the Sky Watcher AZ-GTi with mods to make it an
I'm considering getting the Sky Watcher EQM 35 for use with a larger visual telescope at home, provided I could use the head only with my photography tripod while traveling. The YouTube video I watched had the user screwing in a rod from the bottom of the tripod into the mount. Is that rod just screwing into a 3/8 16 female on the bottom of the EQM 35 or is it some completely proprietary or astronomy based configuration that would preclude using the EQM 35 head on a photography tripod?
Also, does any know the weight of the head only with or without the counter weights?
Thanks,
TT