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Once again you have excelled yourself with these marvelous images Jeroen. It was such a shame that you had the accident near the end .. but I guess it was better than doing it at the beginning of the night. I hope your recovery is on track my friend.

Great images, those Deepscapes a very unique and fantastic! And the way you told your story was amazing with that unspoilered plot twist and unchanged narrative speaking ... very humerous. You couldn´t have it done better. Thanks for sharing and best wishes for your health. Keep safe on your future adventures.

Thank you so much for sharing in depth, I had to go through so many video to get what you were showing. and you did it one session. quite like the idea of using nik plugin to bring out the targeted colors, a lot easier. subscribed!!.

Fantástico video sobre el Nomad e imágenes capturadas. También lo tengo y lo uso y me parece una buena adquisición. Saludos desde las Islas canarias. ( Gran Canaria ) Gracias por pasarte por nuestras tierras canarias.

Less pleasant end to the trip, but great that you still enjoyed the trip and came home with beautiful photos!

get well soon

Wat een verhaal ..... Zo mooi op La Palma voor astro maar wat een einde van je astro-vakantie. Sterkte hoop dat je snel hersteld en weer onder de sterren te vinden bent met je camera!

Good substantiated review Jeroen! The tracker is very attractive to purchase for traveling and for easy polar alignment with the laser. I think this remains a problem with the Star Adventurer 2i, because you can't see the radical at all or only poorly in the dark.

A good review Jeroen giving a very balanced review of the Nomad. Great photos from La Palma too.

Superb review, Jeroen. And love the b-roll inserts to keep it all visually interesting. Appreciate the heads-up on the funny little screw to tighten the v-plate - I’d been wondering what that was for! I’m hoping to get out with mine for the first time tomorrow night - the adventure I’ve got planned definitely requires a super-light tracker so it should be ideal. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, and hope you’re still on the road to recovery. 🫡

How about putting your v plate and ball head on your nomad BEFORE you go out in the field, save the faff 😉

Excellent video Jerome! I just purchased the MSN Nomad a few weeks ago and I am looking forward to experiment more with it. Unfortunately I cannot use the laser where I live (Norway), so I also had to purchase an extra device to use the phone (and the polar alignment tool) for better alignment with Polaris. But I agree that the laser (used in Spain) works very well and it's as easy as 1-2-3. Thanks for the reminder with the little screw in the Nomad, I haven't tighten it yet, but I will. I hope the leg is improving, take care!

Thank you for the informative review, you've got me curious, lol,. How's the recovery coming along. Great images by the way.

Good to see you again with a new video. Great review 👌! The Nomand is definitely going to be the next tracker next to my current MSM rotator. I'm very pleased with the products of this company. I can even get pin sharp stars on 120sec exposure time with the Samyang/Rokinon 135mm f2.0 on the MSM rotator. Keep up the good work my friend 👊. I salute you from Maastricht 🤗

Great Video, in the beginning of my tracking career I also used MSM products

Great review about Nomad tracker. I usually use the ioptron skyguider and Nomad is an interesting alternative. May i ask you if it has a bubble for the right horizontal position.

Great review, i knew i was working with a user error somewhere. Thanks for the tip with the V plate, looking forward to trying it when i get nautical twilight back in Norway in a few weeks 🤞🏻

Speedy recovery mate. @7:48, towards the right, i guess that is Antares and the faint blob M4 ?

Great review Jeroen. The Nomad looks very interesting but I already have the SW SAM which I like as it more versatile (you can adjust the speed of rotation) and is solid in itself - if a bit bigger than the Nomad. When you add the equatorial wedge and camera ball head it does start to become a bit ungainly and unbalanced looking (dependent on your latitude) and maybe you could do a future video demonstrating this point between the star trackers?? I have tried just using a Z and V plate combo, to some success, so the camera sits directly above the rotational axis of the star-tracker and thus better balanced. This also reduces the need for a ball head making your travel bag a bit lighter. However, I like the simplicity of the ball head!! Why not design the equatorial wedge and star tracker as a single piece unit to help further reduce its size?? Hope your leg is healing well so you can get out there again soon!!

Great video! I use the older version when i‘ve longer hikes and i‘m very happy with it ☺️

I use this tracker and it's magic ! Regarding the laser, I keep the red adaptor on it all the time, no cap, and I got rid of the red screw that is useless for me. Still waiting for you to come in the french Pyrénées !!!

Im so happy you get well again and thanks for sharing the good ae well as the bad experiences. Shall I carry you up to hockendes Weib again? But beware, I might push tou off the clip to spare me the way down. 🤔

Great review, I am thinking of getting this, just because it is so small and easy to use.What do you think of polar aligning with the phone compass? See Richard's video also on the handy alignment video for the southern hemisphere, by using the phone.

Breathtaking images! Great editing, no overediting in my opinion!! 💪

Great video and very much in line with my experiences. Easy to align in the southern hemisphere just using an app on your phone. Hope your leg is on the mend.

Great review!! For people reading who are interested: I did 3 Min. Exposures with 85mm with pinpoint stars, even 10-30s exposures with 500mm (depending on the leverage arm on the nomad) all just by aligning with the Laser using the Cochab method. Usually it never ever slows me down. Love that thing.

I got the nomad delivered last week and I'm waiting for a clear sky to test it out. The support team was really helpful with sending me a special new version that includes a 1/4th screw hole at the bottom so it can attach to my non arca Swiss tripod!

„…also for safety 🙄“ 😬well delivered!

Nice review, I think you covered all the important points quite well :D I just leave the red adapter part on the laser all the time. And the red cover for the laser thread... I dont know where that is anymore :D

That's a great review of a wonderful little tracker Jeroen. The images you showed are excellent and a testament to both your skill as a photographer and the accuracy of the Nomad Tracker. Hope you're feeling better my friend.

Well done! Looks like I’ll be mentioning this to Santa (my wife) this year..

Good review, with the most positive and the least positive. I also didn't use the Allen screw, it's easy to lose or forget the Allen key, I use a thick stainless steel pressure spring on the central screw, which prevents it from loosening on the Nomad and I also use a spring on the Skywatcher. So far I've only had the opportunity to use it for three nights. Nomad behaved very well, I used a 20mm and 50mm lens, I am 100% satisfied. In a few words to describe it, it is small in size but big in performance. Much nicer to carry when we go on vacation and when we have luggage weight problems. Thank you Jeroen. How is that leg???

Oh damn! crazy end to the trip but glad you got to do some astro before, hope it heels fast. I hardly ever turn my light.. 😬

Brilliant review and I'd also agree with you on those small fiddly parts that you could lose I'm always losing lens caps etc 😂 so these things need to be as efficient as possible but an amazing device nonetheless by the looks of it

Great review man. Really nice that you zoom in to some of the small details as well. They’re not really dealbreakers, but some minor inconveniences. I’m really considering to give this one a go because to the ease of use and the form factor, and this review really helped with that. Thanks!

So good to see you all healthy everything👍🙏🏼….. I will definitely try it looks very small and light… I been use ioptron sky guider pro yes it’s bulky and heavy…. Your images with pano looks so beautiful 😍

Great to get your opinion on this little tracker. Mine has just arrived but I am yet to use it...hopefully this weekend. I'll make sure I tighten the little lock screw 👍. I got the optional Vixen plate so I can use it with my Star Adventurer wedge - bit of a weight trade-off but also a cost saving.

Thank you for an interesting review I'm not sure the laser pen would be ok in the UK with aeroplanes in the sky. I hope it still can be used safely, the size and weight are amazing. Clear skies

Wow, I am just glad that you only broke your leg! What a great adventure otherwise! Looking forward to seeing your videos regarding the Nomad and perhaps some processing tips to bring out the nebulosity. Take care while on the mend.

Get well soon Jeroen, let me know if you need a ride to clear skies, if we have any in the Netherlands😂.

Great vlog as always!

epic shot

Get well soon. Look forward next EP.

Great Video!! And nice shots did you get there!! I absolutley can relate the chaotic state of mind in this evening! 😅 You don´t know where to look and where to direct the camera because the aurora changing above the sky and you don´t want to miss anything and you´re simply overwhelmed at the same time 😂 I was lucky and could also catch some shots from southern Germany and put it in a video (my first) 🙂 It was a absolutley magical night🤩 your videos are very inspiring for me so I am thinking about starting with astrophotography videos 😬 carry on and clear skies!!

Great video as always. I really enjoy watching them and seeing the end photographs. Can’t wait to see more but make sure your well enough

i rarely track and stack my landscape astro shots. I feel that ISO 800 2-3 minutes is the sweet spot. Spending lost of time stacking when your shots are already 2 minutes seems like a waste if you have so many compositions you want. Super happy recovery is going well!

Dear Jeroen, I really appreciate your Asto expeditions! Now this accident has happened to You and I can only wish you a speedy recovery and the necessary patience during the healing process! Best regards from Germany ... and good luck for the Dutch Soccer team 😀

I have found your videos only recently, they are very nice and fantastic images for Rho Ophiuchi and the Milky Way. Sometimes i also make some astrophotography in Italy with a reflex 6D. My best wishes for a speedy recovery.

🙌🙌Great wonderful vlogs!!! Your last 3 (The one with Corné, and these last two La Palma night-scape adventures are truly breathtaking! For me it has been a couple of years since I've been under some truly dark skies on multiple locations in the US.. having focused the last couple of years on filming Bioluminescence at our Dutch coasts/Terschelling. (whilst also enjoying their lovely Dark skies..) But your Vlogs have made the itch grow for me to go again on some trips next year to some really dark skies and my night time Video skills back towards where they started 'the night sky'.. Would love to see how much more I'll be able to capture, now after years of improving my skills... (but also off-course to just simply gaze at those skies again..💫💫) La Palma is definitely high on the list of places to go, with maybe some other European locations (Germany/France) in-between. ---And hey! maybe (would really be awesome!), go on one (or more) of the trips with either of you guys (You, Corné or Sjon.. :) But dang... ... that fall was one shakeup at the end of your vlog! I've had my share of night time scares, but nothing as extreme as that. ...thankfully your on your way into recovery (pray it will hopefully sooner than later.. so you'll be out and about under the starry skies!

Nice vlog, once again!! Sad to see you had a serious injurie, I thought it wasn't that critical. Wish you a soon recovery and a lot of patience during the process... I'm pretty sure all the astrophotographers that visited La Palma, have stayed at that road at least one night :D 11:03 that's the NOT (Nordic), GTC (Gran Telescopio Canarias) is the one with the silver dome, still the biggest infrared telescope of the world. Hope you can visit us again soon!!