Posts Made By: Rod Mollise

Michel Roy said:

Hi

Somebody can tell me if Fujinon Binocular 16X70 are good
very good or excellent before I buy

Thank-you

Aquamamiya

Michael McCulloch said:

I sold my Canon 10D some time ago in hopes of upgrading to a better DSLR for astrophotography. I was stoked about the Xsi which added things like Live View and complete remote control over USB -- including bulb exposures in excess of 30 seconds.

Anyone else been having any problems or complaints with Meade's service on the Coronado PST or have any idea what's going on?

Ronald A Derkis said:

Meade Sky Insurance Great Buy or Nigerian Scam?
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.... After waiting for 2 months with NO END in sight, just to get a box, so I can send my telescope to them, how can I recommend the added cost of sky insurance???
.... As in the Nigerian scam style, I keep expecting Meade to ask me for more money.

OK, now finally the question: Is the low eye relief a result of my C90, or am I to expect this same difficulty with the C8?

And now for some astronomical heresy, I am prepared to remove the lense elements from the 26mm plossl and chuck up the tube in the lathe and machine off the recessed portion of this eyepiece so that I can view with my eyeglasses on. I would appreciate any comments on this idea.

Surely I am not the only one to suffer such indignity at the hands of eyeglasses. Any help is greatly appreciated.

David B

Gary Greenwald said:

I would like to buy my nephew and niece one of these for the holidays.

Any advice from users would be appreciated.

I Believe there were significant quality issues with the Meade (not a surprise), but I believe it is a much better design than the Celestron - and I think that Celestron may be redesigning the SkyScout and that is why they are down to $199.

Thanks

Floyd Blue said:

You know, it is very difficult to accept things by faith and belief alone.

Mike Gibson said:

Hi - figured I would ask you guys about an old C8 I "rescued" from an estate sale. It was in its original trunk and as new. Serial number 80312X. I didn't expect much compared to modern optics and coatings, but it was still spot on for collimation after at least 15 years in that trunk.

1) How old is this based on the S/N, stainless steel accessory mounting screws, no coatings indicated, and manual dec motion arm? (photo attached}

2) How good were the optics in these (typically)? I have to admit to being astounded at how good it is, compared to my C9.25, the only SCT I ever liked/kept long term (and still have). I mean c'mon...festoons on Jupiter without any adjustment after all these years?!

Michael Teuton said:

New to AP and digital cameras. Have been all over the Fujifilm Finepix S1 Pro manual and cannot find a solution.

I thought this might be a familiar problem to AP. I can focus and shoot with the proper lens on. I cannot get shutter release even if on manual with or without a mounting ring

I have it on manual, etc. I'm sure I'm just not reading and comprehending properly but maybe you guys know the problem and its unique to AP.

Thanks

Hoyoung Kang said:

I was trying to align ETX125PE.
I did as indicated in the manual.
Put scope in home position - counter clockwise fully and point zenith. then Followed alignment procedure as indicated.

When I tried go to, my scope position object slight left(right in the view field). Then I tried to move to the center of field.
But my scope send it back to the original position.
it is keep trying to return.

What is wrong with my system? or my procedure.