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Now, that’s one heck of a telephoto lens, Eric! 😉 Must have a heck of a servo in it to need a car battery!
It’s a pretty heft amount of weight sitting on that tripod! With proper balancing it doesn’t take that much energy to move the mount. But it pays to have plenty of power available!