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.
Having already used trackers I was looking for a lighter smaller tracker. The Nomad came highly recommended. From order to arrival was quick and easy with good communication. The Nomad is easy to setup and use, particularly if you can use the laser, and everything is well made and sturdy. I have used it a couple of times since my recent purchase and without too much effort have been able to get 90 second exposures with wide angle lenses. The Nomad is well catered for with an assortment of accessories to ensure you can use it effectively anywhere and it does exactly what it says on the tin. Great product, highly recommended.
After testing the Nomad with the wedge over the past few weeks, I have to say I've been very surprised by its performance despite its size. It's a very easy-to-use tracker that performs perfectly at medium and short focal lengths, but has allowed me to track for up to 30 seconds at 400mm with precise calibration.
The wedge helps to reach this precise polar alignment so I consider it now a "must" to have in my set up, otherwise using mid-long focal range won't be that easy.
This tool is incredibly helpful in my work
All good, quickly,highly recommended, thanks a lot.
He estado usando el Nomad desde que salió y el MSM Rotator antes de eso. El MSM Nomad es genial para fotografiar la Vía Láctea y realmente me ha ayudado a mejorar mi fotografía de la Vía Láctea
I use this sturdy well made wedge to attach my Seestar 50 in equatorial mode.
Great design and quality. I really enjoyed Alyns videos so showing support for him
This panning head is solid and very effective in use with my Fuji camera and lens. I mount it on a V-plate for use with the MSM Nomad. Quality piece of gear.
Nice, light weight, flexible ball head. Perfect for use with a small tracking mount.
I bought an Alyn Wallace V Mount from MSM and the Move Shoot Move kit itself from High Point Scientific. Spent an evening putting the set together in my hotel room, watched a few You Tube videos on the MSM and went out to the Badwater salt flats in Death Valley yesterday morning at 1:00 AM. The whole rig worked perfectly right out of the box! Can't wait to get home and edit my shots on the big monitor, but they look really good on my laptop screen. I'm headed next to the Alabama Hills and Mono Lake and expect to repeat the same smooth operation in both these iconic locations.
I found it easy to calibrate with the calibrated pointer and polar scope.
The lower weight is another advantage when you travel especially when you hike.
Ich bin dabei, den Laser bei einer Bresser Fotomontierung zu adaptieren. Der Laser sowie die Adapter sind von sehr hoher Qualität. Die Lieferung war wie angekündigt schnell. Der Kontakt zu Move Shoot Mover war sehr nett. Ich kann diese Produkte sowie den Shop üneingeschränkt empfehlen.
Gruß
Markus
Just received my Move shoot move Nomad Track. I set it up so I would have gone through the process at home before a trip to Northern Arizona for some night landscape and star photography. Was easy to set up and worked well in capturing pinpoint stars in my backyard. I have used other star trackers and they took a lot more work to get accurate stars with long exposure.
