QHD-33 is a small-sized, compact but solid and strong single axis ball head, that especially produced to work with Vixen Polarie Star Tracker. Polarie Star Tracker is an ultra portable single-axis motor driven device, with a loading capacity of 2 - 3 kgs. This is a Japanese made portable tracker, for travellers or nature photographers who want to capture landscape + nightsky in their journeys.
As a result, the Polarie only weights 740 grams, without batteries. It's built with a battery compartment for 2 pieces of AA battery, which sustains mostly up to 2 hours. Therefore, an external power bank is always recommended instead of using AA battery. Bear in mind that mini USB cable is not included. Users will need to prepare 1 or 2 for photography activities.
A standard package of Vixen Polarie star tracker, does not come with tripod, ball head and so on. Optional accessories are:
- Vixen tripod
- Vixen polar meter
- Vixen polar alignment scope
- Vixen ball head
Polar Meter is a 3-in-1 accessory not only applicable for Polarie Star Tracker, but any device with hot-shoe bracket, for leveling, direction pointing and latitude adjustment as objective.