Appendix IV: The Fine-Tuning Mounng Assembly
The Fine-Tuning Mounng Assembly provides more convenience and
control for mounng your photographic payloads. The Fine-Tuning Element
gives you poinng control for horizontal movements, and for Declinaon
adjustments when SAM is used in its polar-aligned equatorial mode. Use
its adjustable clutch to make large changes in poinng direcons, or make
precise adjustments with its ne-tuning control knob.
One of the most useful features of the Fine-Tuning Mounng Assembly
is that it lets you perform the advanced polar alignment procedure with
your camera gear already in place. You no longer need to remove the
Polar Scope aer the procedure is completed. This greatly reduces the
risk of bumping SAM out of alignment, which can happen when adding
your camera gear aer the polar alignment procedure has been done.
You can also use more gear with the Fine-Tuning Mounng Assembly. Add
the oponal SAM Counter Weight set and increase SAM’s payload capacity
to 4 kilograms! That’s enough to carry a small telescope, so you can use
SAM as an equatorial tracking mount for visual astronomy!
Or, use the Fine-Tuning Mounng Assembly to mount a second camera.
Just remove the Fine-Tuning Element to reveal a second mounng screw.
Aach a second ball mount and camera and double your photographic
producvity!
With its versale design the Fine-Tuning Mounng Assembly is a must-
have accessory, parcularly if you are going to use SAM extensively for
astrophotography. Congure it as you like to make your oungs more
producve.
The Fine-Tuning Mounng
Assembly can be congured in
dierent ways to give you all
sorts of conguraon opons.
Fine Tuning
Element
Adjustable
Clutch
Camera
Aachment
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