Check out this sobbering size differential between the FS128 vs TMB105LW vs TV-85. http://tinyurl.com/3lcor I love pictures that show the scale of things. Ron...
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Eric Baumgartner
ew_baumgartner
Mar 31, 2005 10:14 am
Hi, Ron: This link doesn't see to work (for me, at least). Eric Baumgartner Redding, CT USA ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Mark Rieck
maknewtnut
Mar 31, 2005 2:12 pm
... Great pic Ron...and why I have always sought out compact tubes such as the new TMB LW's. Mark...
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Donald Rosenfield
domarturo
Mar 31, 2005 2:12 pm
Great picture, Ron. Which is which? The TV is obvious but is the largest one the FS or the TMB? Donald Check out this sobbering size differential between the...
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bradgregley10
Mar 31, 2005 2:12 pm
Me neither. Greg. -- In tmboptical@yahoogroups.com, Eric Baumgartner <malkasten@s...>...
... Hi Jim, ... The first two were good whereas the 3x barlow really kicks up the image scale on this last one. I seem to prefer the B&W one. Thanks for...
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ronbee
ronbee77
Mar 31, 2005 3:02 pm
Sorry Eric, Greg. It just occurred to me that you guys might not be able to access the photo without a Cloudy Night account :-(. I took the liberty to upload...
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ronbee
ronbee77
Mar 31, 2005 3:08 pm
... largest one the FS or the TMB? ... Impressive ain't it, Donald. Although I've seen the FS128 before, I've never seen it side by side with the other two...
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rwiederrich
Mar 31, 2005 3:58 pm
... before, I've ... small ... Ron, Thanks for that wonderful comparison. It is amazing how the light cone can be bent so drastically. What's more amazing is...
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tmboptical
Mar 31, 2005 4:59 pm
... method is ... and ... Thanks everyone, and Mike especially, for sending Jim's/Steve's Jupiter images, that allowed me to merge the images so it didn't look...
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mike+eagleriver.com
tmb_mike
Mar 31, 2005 5:19 pm
... I read it, it was bashing and it was a big pile of BS. In my opinion the guy was clueless. Also the moderation surrounding his posting made it downright...
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Robert Anderson
twinpeaksobs...
Mar 31, 2005 6:36 pm
Gee Mike Are you sure it's not true, that is why I bought a Paramount instead of a AP because I heard that Aluminum has better air pockets than cast iron! I...
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tmboptical
Mar 31, 2005 6:44 pm
... I'm sorry Markus, and this is in no way putting down the fantastic performance of the TMB 80mm apos, but what you are saying is not true. When a lens...
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tmboptical
Mar 31, 2005 7:14 pm
... near ... Thanks Silvio. The bashing posts were on a group which the owner said right out, that I was now selling TMB lenses that had "cheap" ED glass in...
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rwiederrich
Mar 31, 2005 7:22 pm
... but ... I am ... beans. ... opinion ... value ... Mike, Point taken. Then I will take your view of the situation. I know what was said, cause I was there...
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rwiederrich
Mar 31, 2005 7:23 pm
Robert, ie *Kooky Canadian* God bless Canada See, I asked myself that same question. And find myself questioning documented specifications over the *feeling*. ...
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ronbee
ronbee77
Mar 31, 2005 7:28 pm
... Wow, that's downright terrible Thomas! I wonder how an individual can fall to such abysmal depth in distorting facts :-( or perhaps we shall have to...
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tmboptical
Mar 31, 2005 7:29 pm
... painful. ... for ... it ... honor. ... light ... to ... for ... you ... I ... Hi Jim, What a generous and kind post. Thank you very much. You're right, I...
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Norman L. Rubenstein
nlrubenstein
Mar 31, 2005 7:34 pm
Dear Rob: Interesting analogy about the wheel. In many instances, the answer to your question would usually be found in looking to those who had a vested ...
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tmboptical
Mar 31, 2005 7:35 pm
... but ... I am ... beans. ... opinion ... value ... Hi Mike, Your parody was amazingly close to what his posts were like. Thomas Back...
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mike+eagleriver.com
tmb_mike
Mar 31, 2005 7:50 pm
... Hi Rob, I dont think my opinion is a bashing opinion :) For example, I would never argue with that user about whether he sees more contrast in a cheap ...
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rwiederrich
Apr 1, 2005 12:12 am
... Thomas, I am hurt by all that has transpired, but there is no way anybody in their right mind could ever say anything about your instruments, and have...
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rwiederrich
Apr 1, 2005 12:12 am
... Ron, Color blindness is rarely apparent to the one afflicted. Keep evangelizing. Rob(sometimes TMB optics are all that is required to correct the color ...
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rwiederrich
Apr 1, 2005 12:13 am
Norman, Good post. Those nasty *shoe* makers. Grrrrr Rob(got your back on it) ... to your ... devices which ... the...
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rwiederrich
Apr 1, 2005 12:14 am
... said, ... these ... to be ... and ... courts. ... would never ... Very good point. ... used in TMB's ... plain ... Mike, you are so right. The distinction...
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Wally Lucas
wl241
Apr 1, 2005 12:15 am
Hi, Not that I know of. Wally jeffreyk1965 <jeffk1965@...> wrote: Is there a link to the bashing post? Jeff ... going ... made ... achromatic ... now...
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jackfrost29931
Apr 1, 2005 12:15 am
Super or not, it is a great little scope!! But now you have me wondering... is the reason there are no "super" apos available because it is nigh on impossible...
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Manoj Sood
manoj_sood
Apr 1, 2005 2:08 am
I have a question re the new TMB/Starlight focusers now used on the new TMB scopes. I hear that they are rotatable and that the finder holder mounts onto the...
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ronbee
ronbee77
Apr 1, 2005 5:30 am
An invitation to the April's fools Lunar MISSION: POSSIBLE ;-). http://www.cloudynights.com/item.php?item_id=1025 Enjoy, Ron B[ee]...
