This was a good introduction to me - despite the overcast sky. You speak rather slowly, mention the important things (without too much other details), on a beginners level, which makes it VERY easy to follow and learn.
This is the best video I have seen on how to control the Astro kit! Thank You!! I just received my kit a couple days ago and can't wait for clear skies to go try this out!! Really appreciate you taking the time to make this tutorial!
Well done. Thanks for the clear instructions. I was missing one critical piece of information and you covered it! My Polaris is now functioning perfectly! Can't thank you enough for this video.
Hi James, I thought it was OK for you as I explicitly asked you in the Forum. I did not know you had your own channel. I am happy to remove it if you publish it on yours. As long as it is online :-)
Great tutorial. One sentence made my day after a long attempt of failed attempt make it work. The calibration should be done by facing the camera; which is not obvious. I was keep on doing it from the other direction and the tracker was always 180° off and such large manual adjustment was not helping. Thank you for making it. However, coming from a more traditional tracker where we align the tracker and them the camera using a tripod; I am finding this a bit different concept on how to compose it properly!
I am able to get the Live View to function with Polaris for my 5DMk4 and 90D. With the Live View for video turn on I can also manually control the Polaris during recording. However, the motor noise is noticeable in the video. I did run into an issue with Pano mode, whenever the camera fails to focus, Polaris would lockup and needs a hard reboot to resume operation. Also, contacted Benro support regarding the miniHDMI port on Polaris and they indicated that it is an input port which would allow video recording in the future whenever they update the firmware. I bought this in hope of getting rid of the boat anchor Sky-Watcher Sky Adventurer as well as Syrp Genie, so I will need to test out the programmable waypoint feature as well.
Hi, is it possible/feasible to use this unit also as a very slow and real time controllable panning/tilting head for example with a tele lens following/manually tracking a slow moving object from afar like a ship? Tia
Sir, my Astro module does not point in the right direction. The base unit does. It’s way off the mark when I connect the Astro module. Is there a fix? I wrote to Benro and they weren’t much help, asking me to ship it to Cona and bear expenses.
Nicely done video Sockeye, thank you! Good as I have same camera. Which tripod are you using in this demo? Came to find any updates by Benro. Still waiting; over a year now. S
You are German, correct? So I will type in German: Bei etwa 3:30 zeigst Du, wie man kalibrieren kann. Verstehe ich Dich da korrekt, dass die Displayseite des Smartphones NACH UNTEN, also Richtung Boden, zeigen soll? Ich habe es bisher immer andersrum gemacht (Display nach oben, um die "Calibrate now"-Schaltfläche auch sehen und treffen zu können). Allerdings bin ich erst seit einer Woche Polaris-Nutzer. Das Kalibrieren hat aber offenbar bei mir noch nie wirklich funktioniert, denn wenn ich bei "Go To" auf beispielsweise ALPHA CENTAURI klicke, so fährt Polaris zwar grob in die Richtung von Alpha Centauri, liegt aber immer mindestens 10 Grad daneben. Woran kann dies liegen?
Zum Kalibrieren das Smartphone waagrecht, mit dem Display nach oben, parallel zum Polaris anlegen. Vorsicht, wenn dein Smartphone Buttons an der Seite hat, da sind beim Anlegen durchaus 1-2° Spiel. Was aber auch wirklich sehr wichtig für eine erfolgreiche Kalibrierung notwendig ist, ist es sicherzustellen, dass das Stativ wirklich 100% im Wasser ist. Eine leichte Schiefstellung führt zu enormen Abweichungen. Am besten mit einer Libelle (runde Wasserwaage) mit 0,1° Einteilung sicherstellen.
Thank you for that. Benro should really market these to farmers. A lot of them seem to come with cloud cover and rain. Did you have trouble connecting to your phone? I found that the only way I could get it to connect was to disable cellular data, then re-enable after connection.
Thank you video. please tell me eos to polaris setting. i tryed Wi-Fi connect to polaris. but polaris application message "check camera setting".please help me!
Hello, I’ve just started playing with my unit and I’m getting disconnected all the time. Like every 30s the app will lose connection and ask me if I want to reconnect. Is there a fix for this? I’m using latest iOS, and the firmware on Polaris is up to date
Great video, thank you👍 don’t suppose you could do a pano vid and a Astro pano one ? Not asking much lol. Just nice to hear an English speaking Polaris instruction vid 🙏
If you’ve probs connecting, try to see if you’ve the last firmware. If you cannot succeed in updating the fw (like me, at the beginning), contact the benro support and do the upgrade via a file on sd card. Then it should work.
So this works with an iPad? Is there any particular model of iPad that would work better and his iPad memory and issue? I've never owned one, so sorry for my ignorance. I do have an iPhone, but I need a larger screen to look at because of my eyesight.
As long as it has GPS & compass, any current model will do. If you have the cellular Polaris, you should consider using a cellular iPad (with SIM card)
@@Sockeye404 Did you have to purchase an HDMI to USB-C cable? I tried the provided USB-C to UBC-C and I keep getting a message that I need to connect the camera. I do have a cellular iPad but don't really want to add a line to my account, hoping to use my iPhone as hot spot.
@@barbbarton121 I use the Canon R5 and it works fine but I have no information on issues with the GH5, neither in the forum nor in the FB group. It should work fine with the (correct) USB-C cable.
@@Sockeye404 Thanks for responding. Talked to the folks at Benro today and they said I needed to add the original cable that came with the camera and attach it to the OTG cable and that should work. Didn't work. I will prevail. Thanks for posting this video!
Hi, thanks for the video. If I just want to point up or down, can I do that? What is the maximum range of elevation, up or down? I need something that can point down about 70 degrees and up to up about 20. Thanks
Thank you for the video tutorial, it helped to understand cabling. I cannot find how to track nebulas or e.g. M51. I could find it in the Excel document that Benro shared on Kickstarter but it is not available in the app. Do you have an idea on this?
The nebulas are not yet included in their database. Hopefully this will come soon. The workaround I use is to align the system to bright, well know star e.g. Arktur and fine tune on it. Then search for Alkaid and manually adjust
el 11 de agosto me descontaron de mi VISA 763 €, a fecha de hoy no he recibido ni confirmación ni el Benro Polaris, les he mandado correos y NO responden, OJO...peligro
Just received mine this week in NZ #1092 with astro attachment. IOS version is now 1.2.2. this is a great video - the 'manual' is not very clear. Thanks for this.
mine wont power on or charge after having it a week. absolute dogshit mount that i cant believe they're able to sell with so many problems. The forum is full of people who cant get it to work. Would never recommend to people thinking about this unit.
