Robert This my first time posting in this forum and I came across this thread. I will second Greg's recommendation for a TAK FS-102 and I will be putting mine...
S&T in the July 2007 issue has a review of the Televue NP127is. It looks like the review is primarily oriented towards the astrophotographers out there and...
Greg; The "obscure practice" that you mention is that many vendor's contracts with manufacturers or distributors include a specified minimum advertised price...
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For that price not only should it include the rings but it should cook your dinner AND rub your feet too! Barb ... From:...
Greg; An excellent question. Why do you not try a survey of astrophotographers on the Losmandy group? The results might be interesting and informative. I...
The problem is the selection bias. People typically join because they want to "work something out." Nor do we know group size in relation to total units...
I agree with you Paul! I love my Pan 24 - very comfortable eye relief, and the FOV is near the "sweet spot" that allows me to take in all in the field. I think...
... Paul I've noticed that I like contrast better than having a huge field, but would like both if possible. guess I will keep looking at the insights you...
... Great point, I have to wait ;) til next year to unload one of 2 car payments 500+ a month to have some spending money. But I go out at night using my 88mm...
... I opened a account on Astromart last year but no I have never sold anything on it, to be frank and most of you will probably laugh, I'm scared of...
Greg; An awful lot seem to stick around. I know that I joined the Losmandy group before my mount purchase and was actually concerned due to so many of the...
... Rich to me the whole thing smacks of price fixing,( please disregard the statement as I don't realy want to argue it) and restricts open competition,...
... There is a rating system. It is shown with every ad you look at on-line, and you can click on the seller and read all the ratings he has received. You can...
In all this discussion I do not think that it has been noted that an F10 light cone angle is pretty forgiving for eyepieces compared to scopes in the F4 to F6...
I bought an eyepiece and a filter on Astromart. Both were even better than I expected. My friend Randy, buys from Astromart all the time and loves it. I did...
Roman, Sounds like you have noticed the shortcomings of the budget (so-so) Plossls and are ready to upgrade. As you have seen, those budget/entry level...
Roman; I tend to agree with you other than the fact that the actual final selling price cannot be specified, thus the dealer practice for Pentax eyepieces of...
I went to RTMC the other week and talked to Vic Maris of Stellarvue about his F2 finder. This finder looks very much like many of the other finders like the...
... /snip/ You have asked about ... /snip/ ... I only wear reading glasses, and do not use them on the scopes ... Bob great points, I will do a bit of search...
Roman; The type 1 Naglers had lots of problems from kidney beaning from what I have read. This was supposed to have been improved in the type 2 designs and...
The below post promps me to ask the group about Plossls eyepieces. In 1984 Televue came out with a modification to the typical Plossls design and got a patent...
I heard a talk on eyepieces at RTMC where Al Nagler was a principle speaker. The subject of kidney beaning came up. In that discussion Al made the general...
I was in Boston over the wkend and took my son to the "Omni" theater in the Boston Science museum--similar gig to "Imax." The huge screen was impressive but I...
Not really. I'm not quite sure why I have that problem with the Pan 24, particularly on globs and OCs, but I do know, that I'm not the only one. regards Greg N...
From the net (not by GN): BEGIN QUOTATION As a postscript: I wonder if someone would (dare to!) say a few words about the Panoptic 35? I've heared them...
Some time ago I remember a question here regarding this type scope. Currently a 120mm is being listed for sale via a posting on the Vixen group if any one is...
Patents are good for 20 years from the date of filing. Ploessls have been around since the 19th century. Old G. S. Ploessl died in 1868; therefore, he must...
