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OK. So I guess I am "general public"... and you're not!

So after you write a review for general public consumption and say all the rosy things about it, maybe you can send me a private message and tell me what you really think?

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It'll just duplicate whatever I say in the review. Good er bad, I'll let it rip (as usual).

There are some possible disadvantges I see to the mount right off the bat - the largest (for many people) will be the lack of encoders. Someone was saying in another thread that this particular mount is well known already in europe and WO has made arrangements to distribute it in the US. Perhaps there's already an encoder scheme available for it. Another possible area is the lack of slo-motion controls. However, if it's done right, the mount may not even need them. Then there's the performance on that tripod. I haven't used that one, but from what I understand it's pretty good.

Personally, I vasilate between wanting encoders on a small scope and not. For the past year, I've pretty much been in the - don't really care - category so it's not that big of a deal to me right now. Slo-mo controls aren't that huge of a deal to me either. In fact, I think the porta's slo mo controls are more awkward than anything else. Mebbe if I got used to em.

Bluntly, I'm not expecting DM6 or DM4 level performance from it (I wish I could afford one of those), but I'm hoping it will be on a par (or - dare I say it - better?) with my gibralter, with the added bonus of being able to use two small scopes at the same time (for comparisions).

T

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