Has anyone received notification of delivery? Website states notification for current run started 6/5/2008.
130mm f6.3 StarFire EDF "Gran Turismo"
Started by runabout, 06/29/2008 07:39AM
Posted 06/29/2008 07:39AM
Opening Post
Posted 06/30/2008 10:38PM
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We have shipped some already.
Although it was designed primarily for astronomy, this scope is turning out to be a superb daytime birding and long distance telescope. With a pair of 19mm Panoptics installed in my Mark V binoviewer, the views are incredibly sharp and saturated with color. We watched tiny insects crawling on cone flowers on our prairie restoration here next to our factory. About 1/4 mile distant, I was watching red wing black birds eating mulberries. The feather detail, beaks and claws were easily resolved, as were the individual polyps of each berry. The original 105mm Traveler was quite a nice daytime telescope, but this one easily exceeds it in every respect.
Rolando
Although it was designed primarily for astronomy, this scope is turning out to be a superb daytime birding and long distance telescope. With a pair of 19mm Panoptics installed in my Mark V binoviewer, the views are incredibly sharp and saturated with color. We watched tiny insects crawling on cone flowers on our prairie restoration here next to our factory. About 1/4 mile distant, I was watching red wing black birds eating mulberries. The feather detail, beaks and claws were easily resolved, as were the individual polyps of each berry. The original 105mm Traveler was quite a nice daytime telescope, but this one easily exceeds it in every respect.
Rolando
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