Polhöhenwiege, für eine präzise Polausrichtung

Before I bought the MSM Wedge, I used a ball head for polar alignment on my MSM Nomad. However, I could never achieve exposure times longer than 90 seconds at 24mm. Longer focal lengths were even more problematic. The laser, already aligned, pointed exactly at Polaris, but 90 seconds was still the upper limit. Eventually, I noticed that the ball head was often tilted slightly to the right or left. So I decided to order the MSM Wedge, as tilting is not possible due to its design. When it arrived, I was immediately impressed by the workmanship. There is no play in the threads; everything is made of metal, very robust yet lightweight, handy, and small. Practical testing quickly revealed the enormous improvement: exposure times of 5 minutes at 50mm, and of course also at shorter focal lengths, are now easily achievable. Even at 70mm, you can still expose for 180 seconds without any problems. I've had the MSM Wedge for 6 weeks now and haven't found any defects so far. On the contrary, I can only strongly advise anyone who buys the Nomad to buy the Wedge at the same time.

Decent quality, but at latitudes north of 60 (mine is 63), you have to adjust everything to its limits.

I give it three stars and thats beacuse of that i have to put it on the v-plate first, not directly to my tripod, just to get it up to the latitude where i live. 67 degrees. The wedge just go to 60 degrees and thats a downer.

Wedge for precise polar alignment

Simple, affordable and practical! I am a travel photographer and numerous other star trackers are large and difficult to travel with. This is ideal, doesn't take up much space, weight much and best of all - it's just simple to use!

I have been looking for something for my lightweight travel set up for sometime now, that is compact, allows precise alignment and is of course, lightweight.

I have used the AW Z bracket before, but found this to be difficult to align accurately enough when making small adjustments, and I eventually thought of using the wedge instead.

The wedge is a cost effective option and ticks all the boxes I need, so I thought it was worth taking a chance on.

I have only used the wedge once since it's arrival (UK Weather) but it performed brilliantly and seems to be the answer to my problem.

Well made, lightweight, compact, accurate and simple to use, and a real cost effective solution for my trip to Tenerife next summer.

I purchased a MSM Nomad, Wedge and Alyn Wallace V Plate from MSM. Delivery was quick with good tracking. On arrival I found one of the azimuth screws was slightly bent. Contacted MSM who were very responsive, identified what type of screw and sent two replacements which arrived shortly thereafter.

So easy to use. Lite weight. Very affordable.
Great job MSM. You guys rock.

Wedge for precise polar alignment

La cuña va perfecta. Solo os sugiero un tope , por ejemplo un tornillo para que el Nomad no resbale y se caiga por no haber apretado bien el arca swiss . Eso la haría perfecta. Saludos