A camera, a lens and one motor against the rotation · review
A motorised photographic tracking mount with Wi-Fi control from a free app, an illuminated polar finder and a DSLR shutter interface for timed sequences.
The bottom line A well-equipped photographic tracker whose listing forgets to publish what it will carry.
Physical controls on the mount, and a free app over Wi-Fi. That redundancy is worth more than it sounds: phones fail in the cold, and a mount that can only be operated from one is a mount that stops working when the battery does.
Illuminated, integrated, and the reason this mount is usable for long exposures. Everything about tracking accuracy follows from how well the polar axis points at the pole, and a lit reticle turns that from a fiddle into a two-minute routine.
The mount can trigger a DSLR for timed sequences. The release cable is excluded — the maker says so plainly — and it is camera-specific, so it has to be chosen to match the body.
Payload capacity and power requirements. Those two decide what lens can be fitted and how long a night can run, and neither appears in the listing.
German, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores ran from 443 € to 458 € on the day of the survey.
American, British and French Amazon catalogues hold a record for it that nobody is selling.
Figures as Keepa reported them on the day this page was last updated. Stock and pricing shift without warning.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 17 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.
| Payload | Absent from this listing |
|---|---|
| Counterweight | Not published by the maker. |
| Tracking rates | Not published by the maker. |
| Polar alignment method | Built-in illuminated polar finder |
| Power source | The listing does not carry it |
| Weight | Not published by the maker. |
| Head fitting | Not published by the maker. |
| Amazon reference | B08JQNNX7K (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces) |
| EAN | 6970456094592 |
No — it adds to them. The maker states the mount can be used as before or through the free app. Keeping both is the right decision for equipment used in the cold and the dark.
A tracker only follows the sky as well as its axis points at the pole. An illuminated reticle makes that alignment quick and repeatable, and it is the single step that decides how long an exposure can run before stars trail.
13 kg stated capacity · GP-level dovetail · 4.9 kg head
An equatorial mount head with radial ball bearings on both axes, a stated capacity of 13 kg, a polar finder and a 4.5 kg counterweight, on a height-adjustable aluminium tripod.
Best for: Carrying a serious tube steadily, with room to motorise later
≈ £539 / €568
14 kg stated capacity · computerised GoTo · alignment without Polaris
A computerised German equatorial GoTo mount with a stated capacity of 14 kg and an alignment routine that does not require sight of Polaris.
Best for: Imaging from a site where the pole is behind a building
≈ $1099 / €1199
Purely mechanical tracker · 4 kg payload · no batteries
A spring-driven mechanical star tracker for cameras and light telephoto lenses, carrying up to four kilograms and running without any power source at all.
Best for: Wide-field night sky photography on foot, far from any power
≈ €256
