Platform for camera and guidescope

The "PLAT-1" double platform can be used to attach a camera and lens to one side. The guide scope can be attached to the finderscope holder on the other side.

The camera or the tripod ring of the telephoto lens can be attached directly with the included 1/4" screw, or the camera can be mounted via a ball head.

The guide scope side is compatible with standard finderscope holders, so you can put 50 mm and 30 mm guidescopes, and SkyWatcher 9x50 and 6x30 finders in it, so it can be used for guiding or searching.

 Would you like to mount a spotting scope, camera or something else with standard photo thread to an astronomical mount? These adapters desinged to do so.The AZ3 mount this way becomes an extremely stable photo tripod with fine movement on both axis. Adapters are available for EQ1, EQ2, EQ5, Vixen GP, Porta, Celestron GC5 and many other mounts.

Note: Mounting an L-adapter on top of these adapter will convert the mount into a very stable binocular mount.

L adapters for cameras come in two different versions;
The simpler one (PLATL) is suitable for mounts having standard dovetails (like AZ4, Port3, Vixen Porta, Merlin or AllView).

The PLATL3 is recommended for panoramic photography, which can be used in both portrait and landscape mode.