Monturas Z & V Palanca Larga

Nomad shake down went well. Goal was full frame 20mm and 4 minutes with no trailing laser aligned. I started at 30 seconds and when I got no streaks or trailing at 5 minutes I decided that was enough. I did get stopped down to F 4 iso 500 and 480 seconds and did see a tiny bit of trailing on the corners. . When I quit for the night I zoomed into 100% and scrolled through the shorter shutter shots on the rear screen and the stars did not move! Then I checked my alignment it was still spot on. I am extremely impressed with the Nomad.

Preorder Z & V mounts Long Lever

Bought two of the longer levers for my Z mount. They give a lot more leverage and really lock the mount in place at any angle. Since they are longer the lever can't be rotated all the way around when the Z mount is collapsed on the tracker. You just have to pull it out and reposition to loosen or tighten it.

I’ve always liked the concept of the Z-mount. Use it with iPhone, and it’s the perfect companion with an Arca Swiss Ball Head.

But the original lever locks on the Z-mount just didn’t have the instant, fool-proof, totally relible omph I wanted—even with something as light as a phone.

So when I saw these new levers, I immediately jumped on it. The Z-mount now has exactly the instant, rock hard reliable to keep the image precisely where I want it—NOW!!

That’s important to a guy who frames his images as tightly as I do.

Thank you, MSM!!!