... I wasn't at WSP, but spoke to Bill yesterday. He's expecting to post pictures taken through the 80mm as well as pictures of the scope in the near future....
Hi Gang, I was just thinking...it's been 37 months since I ordered by 1026...I guess we will see a nice (and complete) 4" Burgess scope some day. The prototype...
Dear Dave: LOL!! Great to hear from you and thanks for both the unique perspective and for having put forth all the original effort to form this List in the...
Dave & Norm; Well with NEAF coming up next month as I recall hopefully we will be hearing about several new developments as well as announcements on the items...
Hi Dave: Quite a few times I've scroll back to the first several posts for this forum (January 2003) - including your inaugural post. Boy, those were good...
Hi Guys I had a great time at the WSP. One night the seeing was so good you could easily go over 100 x per inch with any scope. We showed the new model 24...
Dear Bill: Not only does everything else you said sound just delicious ‹ but you just got my vote for the Oscar for Best Tease Of The Year for this last one!...
... features. ... several ... we ... mm ... those ... Hi All, I'll let you know tomorrow how my tests go on the 2.5mm, 7mm, 7.5mm and 8mm Planetary eyepieces....
The TMB/Burgess Optical Planetary line of eyepieces includes the following focal lengths: 2.5 mm 4 mm 5 mm 6 mm 7 mm 8 mm 9 mm We received a prototype of a...
Thomas; What will the next Paragon focal lengths scheduled for production be? I would like to see a 30mm as next production available as this is a large enough...
"waiting on the BackPackers give me a few more days to compare a new ... Are these earth days or venusian days??? Sorry Bill, just couldn't resist. Good...
2.5mm to 4mm does seem a bit of a spread considering how tight the longer FL are so also maybe a 7.5mm instead of a 7mm and an 8mm. Though I wouldn't know if...
Here's my 2 cents. Independent of the telescope used, there's a 60% increase in magnification going from 4mm to 2.5mm, whereas the other jumps are all 25% and...
I heard (from where I can't remember ATM) that the 7.5mm was probably a no go, and it doesn't make sence (to me atleast) if there is going to be a 7mm and an...
... a ... Hi Rich, The next Paragon scheduled for production will be the 35mm or 30mm. With some luck, we may be able to bring both out at the same time. I...
Some very good ideas about the best focal lengths in the Planetary series. Thanks to everyone that helped. After Bill and I read all the posts, and talked on...
Guys Here is something you want see often. Thomas and I are going to Auction off the 7.5 MM Planetary. This eyepiece is fully production on the glass, ...
How would the planet hunter work with digital SLR cameras? I do prefer the longer f ratio refractors. What is the F ratio of the new (I assume 4") TMB triplet...