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Telescope accessories > Mounts & accessories > Mounts > Camera Mounts > Omegon > MiniTrack > Omegon Montierung MiniTrack LX3

Product description

Specifications

Capacity


Fits ...
Camera tripod
Operating temperature
-20 - 60
Max. additional load capacity (kg)
3

Special features


Tracking on DEC axis
no
Tracking on RA axis
yes

Equipment


Tripod
without tripod
Ball head
no
Pole finder
yes

General


Weight (g)
650
Material
Aluminium
Overall size LxWxH (cm)
21 x 7,8 x 3
Type
Mount
Type of build
Camera mount
Series
MiniTrack
Omegon Montierung MiniTrack LX3
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Omegon Montierung MiniTrack LX3
The MiniTrack mount - here is an example showing it with tripod, ball head and SLR camera.

Omegon Montierung MiniTrack LX3
No power required - simply wind up the MiniTrack like a clock

Omegon Montierung MiniTrack LX3
The back of the MiniTrack - The wind-up spring mechanism ensures reliable tracking, even when only loaded on one side

Omegon Montierung MiniTrack LX3
'The Frozen Lake' - Carezza Lake, Italy. At the foot of the Latemar Massif in the Dolomites (1530m). Exposure - 2x300 seconds, ISO800 with a Laowa 12mm lens on a Canon 5d3 camera. Photo: Cristian Fattinnanzi.

Omegon Montierung MiniTrack LX3
'Saslong Night' - Sassolungo da Col Raiser, Italy. Composite of 2x300 second exposures at ISO800 (1x sky, 1x landscape), taken with Canon 5d3 camera and Canon 16-35 f/2.8 lens. Photo: Cristian Fattinnanzi.

Omegon Montierung MiniTrack LX3
'Heart of the Galaxy' - composite photo from different exposures taken at a mountain refuge in Fargno (1820m). The main picture was taken with a Canon 5d Mark III using a 24-70 f/2.8 lens set at 39mm (exposure 180sec., ISO400). A Canon 20Da camera modified for astronomy was used at two different focal lengths for the nebula region. Wide field at 24mm, Rho Ophiuchi details were zoomed in at 70mm focal length. Picture: Cristian Fattinnanzi.

Omegon Montierung MiniTrack LX3
Overview for our various MiniTrack articles

Customer reviews

nice but also probles with startrailing

Review by F. b. on 17.11.2020 04:38:44

( 3 / 5 )

I also experience probles with star trailing dispite a verry accurate calibration and spring settings what can i do to fix this. read there are probles with the inner PTFE bush .

Good idea let down by poor QC

Review by R. S. on 29.09.2020 13:56:33

( 3 / 5 )

I recently bought an LX3 and had some issues with star trailing on some frames. On dismantling the LX3 I found that the PTFE bush that supports the brass drive pin (that the camera ball head connects to) was very poorly reamed out resulting in free play between the pin and the bush. I am arranging for a metal bush replacement to be machined to rectify this. I have had no reply from Omegon in response to a number of emails on this subject. I have done a review on DP review under the astronomy forum section if you want to see photos.

This is a useful product generally well made but let down by this key component

Response on this review by our expert Ulrich Zehndbauer

on 02.10.2020 09:38:22

Dear Customer,
thank you very much for your feedback! Our customer is taking care of this issue already and you will receive a info how to proceed to solve this problem.
Team Astroshop

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