Telescope Reviews: I need some mount advice

I've been using my camera mount with my PST. It works ok with my spotting scope but not so good with the PST.

1st question is manual or tracking. Since my PST has sweet spots, is it better to get a manual mount so that I can move the sweet spot around or can I do the same thing with a tracking mount? I like to tune, then sweep the limb and surfaces to see what pops out, then retune a bit different and do it again. I don't know if that is possible with a tracking mount.

2nd question. What is a good affordable manually tracked mount to get for a PST? Would an Orion EQ-1 work well?

3rd question. What is a good affordable motor tracking mount to get for a PST?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Mike

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