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The Z and V Star Tracker Platforms
Buy Nice or buy Twice - Z&V Mount Designed with Alyn Wallace
Buy Nice or buy Twice - Z&V Mount Designed with Alyn Wallace
Buy Nice or buy Twice - Z&V Mount Designed with Alyn Wallace
Buy Nice or buy Twice - Z&V Mount Designed with Alyn Wallace
Buy Nice or buy Twice - Z&V Mount Designed with Alyn Wallace
Buy Nice or buy Twice - Z&V Mount Designed with Alyn Wallace
Buy Nice or buy Twice - Z&V Mount Designed with Alyn Wallace
Buy Nice or buy Twice - Z&V Mount Designed with Alyn Wallace
Buy Nice or buy Twice - Z&V Mount Designed with Alyn Wallace
Buy Nice or buy Twice - Z&V Mount Designed with Alyn Wallace
Buy Nice or buy Twice - Z&V Mount Designed with Alyn Wallace
Buy Nice or buy Twice - Z&V Mount Designed with Alyn Wallace
Buy Nice or buy Twice - Z&V Mount Designed with Alyn Wallace
Buy Nice or buy Twice - Z&V Mount Designed with Alyn Wallace

Buy Nice or buy Twice - Z&V Mount Designed with Alyn Wallace

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Customer Reviews

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John Tibben (Sydney, AU)
One for my Kit

WIth 8 friction surfaces on angle hinge instead of only 2 or 4 in other similar brackets it grips and hold position really well, so I have added to my kit to replace the current rigid 90 degree bracket to use with horizontal centre pole of tripod for macro close up work Bonus is folded down flat it packs much more conveniently than the rigid bracket and it is similar weight

M
Mark Wymer (London, GB)
Great design and really well made

I bought both the Z and V mounts and was seriously impressed how sturdy they are. The locking screws (if that’s what they are called) do exactly that. With minimal effort they lock the mounts at the required angle and, so far, I haven’t noticed any slippage. They are lightweight and compact, which is ideal when I travel abroad and am limited for both space and weight.

P
Peter Chen
Z&V Mount

Very durable, flexible, practical function.
Makes you create endless macro photography.
Just loving it more and more.
Highly recommended 👍

Peter Chen

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Cat Jones (Dundee, GB)
Alyn Wallace ZV mount

Superb piece of kit. Highly versatile. Money very well spent.

R
RON H (Hayward, US)
Z&V Mount Designed with Alyn Wallace

they work,
at times they are a good solution for alignment and angles

K
Klaus-Peter Michael (Leipzig, DE)
Perfect

Super shop, everything worked perfectly and delivered super fast

G
Graham Busby (Mansfield, GB)
Well Engineered

This is a well designed, well engineered little piece of kit which is a joy to use. Makes using the MSM a lot easier.

A
Artem (Oshawa, CA)
Z&V Mount

Very strong mount and easy to use! Highly recommended!

F
Francisco JAvier Bejarano Marin
Z mount. Muy buena

He adquirido una Z mount y estoy encantado. Se acabaron los malabarismos y posturas raras con la rotula de bola y el LBracket. Se ve muy robusto y los tornillos aprietan firmemente todas las articulaciones de la Z mount.

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S Folz (Dallas, US)
Does what's promised.

A solid product for a specific purpose. I was worried about the clamping system used to hold it in place. My worries were misplaced. It holds its position without slipping.

22 Uses for Z mount


To be honest, besides the Astro usage, we've never thought it could benefit the slider users those much until we received the below reviews!


For low angle and macro usage, we've never thought it too.


Thank you for all your brilliant find out.  It encourages us a lot.

Move Shoot Move Z mount review
Slider user's review


 

 

Specification:

Max load: 4kg
Item weight:

Z Platform, 220 gram

V Platform, 175 gram
Material:  Aluminum Alloy




Hi Friends,



For months we have been refining a new product designed together with professional landscape astrophotographer, Alyn Wallace (website). Now, we're ready for pre-order.

Below is a quick review of the journey, we hope you enjoy:

On the 14th June 2020, MSM ambassador Alyn Wallace told us that he has an idea for a new star tracker platform to solve the following problems:


The Problem:

- When at latitudes close to the equator it becomes very difficult to use the ball head on top of a star tracker.

-It’s also difficult to do panoramas, regardless of latitude.

The Solution

Adding a “Star Tracker Platform” so that the ball head becomes level. The angle can be adjusted and locked into place and the platform can also be rotated. The platform is a perfect match for the Move Shoot Move rotator but also works with any star tracker..

Later, we researched all the possible alternative solutions, practicing and using, finally came to the first version as below:

1st Version, mainly verifying the mechanism to lock the angled platform and also the rotating base.

 

2nd Version, Enlarged the center rotation section.

3rd version,

- Wrapped the rotating disc to prevent dust entering.

- Changed screw to handle.

4th Version,

Added more space for the bottom handle, so we can operate with gloves.

And Finally, the final 5th Version, with some minor improvements to launch the production.

Below is the performance of the MSM Platform

Below is the performance of OTHERS 

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Work as a tripod head

 Alyn Wallace Z platform

 

V or Z? Which Should You Buy? 

The V and Z platforms both solve the problem of having your ballhead at an awkward angle when on a star tracker. So what's the difference? 

The V platform is for those who want to save weight. If you're already using a heavy setup you may not have much room to add weight on top of the MSM which has a payload of 3kg.

The Z platform has the added benefit of being able to be used to replace the ball head on a tripod when not using a star tracker at all. You can also use the Z platform as a table-top tripod. So it's an exchange of versatility for a little added weight.

  



HANDLE TIME

All orders will be scheduled for shipment in 1 to 3 business days, excluding holidays.

COUNTRIES

We ship worldwide. 

WAREHOUSES

Currently, we have 4 warehouses.

🇺🇸 US warehouse, for our US users, parcel usually arrives in 1-7 days.

🇪🇺 EU warehouse, for most EU countries, parcel usually arrives in 1-7 days.

🇦🇺 AU warehouse, for our Australia and New Zealand users, parcel usually arrives around 1-7 days.

🇨🇳 CN warehouse, for all countries, parcel arrives in 4-7 or 8-20 days, please check below for details.

Satisfaction Guaranteed

30-days full refund Warranty.

If you received a defective one, don’t worry, we will resend you a new one immediately. Up until now, the defective rate is less than 1%.

If you do not want to keep it anymore within 30 days, return to us, and you will get a full refund. In this case, you just need to pay the returning shipping fee.

1 Year Warranty

If it malfunctions,  we will exchange it for a new one for you ALL at our expense. 

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