So much easier to focus. So much wasted time attempting to get focus before buying the filter. With the filter installed, focusing took seconds. Stop wasting your time and buy this filter to get exceptional focus very quickly.
I received a replacement side adjustment screw for the EQ wedge after the original one was damaged in transit. The new adjuster was easy to fit taking only a minute or two to replace the damaged one. The wedge is now looking and functioning perfectly.
Very easy to set up and use..very lightweight so perfect for putting in a ruck sack.
I got this filter to use it on DSLR camera because it should help me get pin sharp stars. I tried to focus on stars by zooming in but many times i get back home from night photography with blurry stars .. so I hope this solves the issue. So far it works 💪
I didn't have time to test it enough because of the cloudy sky. But I'm very happy with the first photo. With Fujifilm x-s20.
It only took me a couple of minutes to replace the arca swiss base with the Vixen dovetail plate base. Excel·lent product!
Great quality at a reasonable price! I am using the wedge with my Seestar and it works great.
I bought the Alyn Wallace Z and V mounts from MSM. Don’t know how I managed without it so far. They are excellent.
The MSM V and Z mounts are terrific. They provide a solid platform to do astrophotography and they are flexible in their design. I consider them to be essential components in my astro kit. Very highly recommended!
The MSM Nomad star tracker is very light weight and compact and easy to setup. The battery life is immpressive. The Battery of the laser pointer is not weather resistant. It stopped functioning when I kept it mounted on MSM Nomad because the battery got very cold.
I purchased a Goto tracking mount but have never used it being unwilling to add it to the combined weight of my astro shoot. The MSM Nomad complete kit is much more manageable and fits into my backpack easily. I also find the Alan Wallace V mount invaluable in use and compact in design. All the above at a fraction of the price.
This is a great, smaller than expected, wedge for use with my ZWO Seestar S50 smart scope and Canon R camera. It’s well made using steel and aluminum materials and does support the 5.8 pounds of my telescope. My only real issue is the altitude locking handle is too wide at the end of the arm and hits the bottom of my smart scope and my camera. There are two remedies; 1. Replace the handle with a knob, 2. Loosen the screw and rotate the handle to lock before hitting the telescope or camera.
As others have noted its light weight and very packable for travel.
The phone mount is well designed and makes it so much easier to polar align especially if you can see Polaris or lasers re not allowed. Otherwise you have to try and hold the phone against the tracker and move the adjustment knobs with your other hand. That process is difficult and the phone mount makes this easy
Excelent choice.
I've dabbled in astrophotography for a year now and the Nomad really brought my images to a whole new level. I'm positively impressed with the long exposure times I'm able to get even at around 200mm focal length (sony a6400 with Samyang 135mmf/2). And the ease of achieving good polar alignment with the laser pointer makes the tracker a joy to use for both deep sky and nightscapes. The fact that this small device was able to rival the Star Adventurer I compared it to for deep sky objects (albeit at the fairly forgiving focal length) and offer much grater portability and ease of operation is just amazing. I'll probably keep this as my main driver until I'm ready do dive into real telescopes and full on go-to equitorial mounts. Great purchase, highly recommended! Photographs attached all taken with the described setup and tracked with the Nomad.
Edit: just saw this is just for the wedge... 🤦 So yeah, the wedge is perfectly adequate. It's stable, light weight and small, making it very easy to travel with but capable of long exposures even at 200mm. I like it.
After using the star adventurer for a few years I decide that I need something more light and easy to set up in the field and this is it.
Light and easy to carry. Setting up is easy and helps provide great milky way shots. Tho I had issues in the timeline of the delivery, the customer service assisted me very well.
So helpfull to align the tracker!
Exactly what I needed. Good quality product.
Tony
I'm using this as my equatorial mount with my Seestar S50. Once set up, it is really great. It took a little getting used to, understanding how to move it up and down (alt), left and right (az). I was surprised that its range in azimuth is pretty limited- maybe plus or minus 5 degrees, so you have to move the tripod to get it pointed within about 5 degrees of north. On the other hand, the azimuthal adjustment is very fine/precise. I'm really appreciating this device. Five stars if there was a gross adjustment in the azimuthal direction.
In my opinion a must have with the Nomad. Made setup, PA and camera positioning much easier
Fits nicely on my skyguider pro.
Ich habe den Tracker mit Laser bestellt. Dann hatte ich ein Problem mit dem bestellten Laser. Das Problem wurde umgehend gelöst indem ich ein Ersatzteil bekommen habe. Danke dafür. Jetzt kann ich endlich die Sterne fotografieren…
Grüße
The MSM wedge is a game-changer for polar alignment. It’s solid, super easy to adjust, and way better than messing with a ball head. If you're into astrophotography and use the MSM tracker, this little wedge is a must-have.
