Markus:
On the refractor thread you posted about some new scopes coming down the road that would use Chinese glass. If my memory is correct, I believe it concerned some large (8"+) achromats as well as ED replacement glass for certain brands of 5" achromats and/or the development of a line of reasonably priced scopes using Chinese made ED glass.
The following appeared in a recent CloudyNights review:
"It is my understanding that APM had planned to produce some large TMB designed Chinese made achromats of varying focal lengths but I believe this project has now been discontinued because of manufacturing difficulties."
Can you give us the official word?
On the refractor thread you posted about some new scopes coming down the road that would use Chinese glass. If my memory is correct, I believe it concerned some large (8"+) achromats as well as ED replacement glass for certain brands of 5" achromats and/or the development of a line of reasonably priced scopes using Chinese made ED glass.
The following appeared in a recent CloudyNights review:
"It is my understanding that APM had planned to produce some large TMB designed Chinese made achromats of varying focal lengths but I believe this project has now been discontinued because of manufacturing difficulties."
Can you give us the official word?
