Benro Polaris 4+

Functionality of the app etc.

It would be nice to simply tap the background of a page to return to where you were. Navigating the app is made impossible when you press soMe items and realise you’re in the wrong place. You can’t then return to the previous page to try again.
Also some markers to let new users know which way to mount a lens including the Astro module. And an arrow showing which way your phone should be pointing when calibrating the compass. Does this really need to be done every time you start the tool 🤷🏼‍♂️ surely once calibrated it should remember and only need recalibrating if it goes off target.
It would be better to use two or even three stars to align with for pinpoint accuracy. In future plate solving should be introduced, far more accurate than GPS, I know, I’ve been shooting with the Pentax Astrotracer for years.
A big issue today, I got a perfect 3x3 practise panorama this morning then another 4x3, wonderful ….. but ….. this afternoon it won’t do it, no matter what I try it displays “shoot failed”. Extremely disappointing. Earlier I ,because I shoot Pentax (and you still haven’t sorted out the support properly) used liveview on my camera and when the Polaris knobs had stopped spinning I used an IR remote to fire the camera and got a perfect 3x3 pano.
The issue was there was not enough time between shots for it to settle and me to fire the IR remote so I had a look to see if there was a way to adjust the time between shots. After that I can’t use the pano function at all 🤷🏼‍♂️
It’s a wonderful and surprisingly well built item but it needs tweaking.
Incidentally, I noticed earlier on Facebook a post that said there is an update to the app that includes the Messier objects, as I had downloaded the app only yesterday I’m a little surprised I didn’t get these in my app, I’ve been to the App Store and it says I’m up to date. Very odd.