I view Roland and proud owners of his excellent scopes as a sort of Borg collective (refer Star Trek...not the Borg manufacturer)...'Resistance is futile' 
Re: Astrophysics telescopes
Started by Hans Tucker, 03/31/2006 07:39AM
Posted 03/31/2006 07:39AM
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Posted 03/31/2006 05:16PM
| Edited 03/31/2006 05:21PM
#2
The Astro-Physics collective is one that I wish to be assimilated into. I offer no resistance.
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Posted 04/01/2006 12:00AM
| Edited 04/01/2006 12:06AM
#3
None of it was negative but just a bit of humour. Everyone in the world wide astronomical community knows about Roland and his company Astro-Physics and the excellent products they have on offer. The Astro-Physics line of scopes a revered and coveted by a good majority of people, myself included the only draw back is the extended time you have to wait to acquire one of Rolands scopes. But given the meticulous nature of his manufacturing process (very rare in today's industry...sort of Swiss in nature)you can appreciate the wait.
Yes you currently own a 20" Nova Optical Telescope but no doubt one day you will attend a star party and get the opportunity to look through a Astro-Physics scope and be assimilated in the collective.
Sorry on my part if I offended you or Roland...guess it's the dry Aussie wit.
Yes you currently own a 20" Nova Optical Telescope but no doubt one day you will attend a star party and get the opportunity to look through a Astro-Physics scope and be assimilated in the collective.
Sorry on my part if I offended you or Roland...guess it's the dry Aussie wit.
Posted 04/01/2006 11:29PM
#4
I, like Dwight, am a purely visual observer, and appreciate a big mirror. But my move into larger aperture instruments (a 16" LX200GPS) was accompanied with months of frustration trying to get it to work.
Salvation came in the form of an AP1200GTO. Don't know about his scopes, but boy, what a mount!
-- Jeff.
Salvation came in the form of an AP1200GTO. Don't know about his scopes, but boy, what a mount!
-- Jeff.
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Posted 04/02/2006 01:09AM
| Edited 04/02/2006 01:12AM
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Although I am not in what Roland would
consider to be his "market", I have been dabbling in amateur astronomy since the 60's; (actually the late 50's (anyone remember the sunrise solar eclipse in the northeast US on 10/01/1959 ? I do.)
Anyway, to my point: Back then, and for years to come, good refractor optics almost always meant German (Zeiss, ridiculous prices, still ridiculous) or Japanese (Then Goto, now Vixen and Tak). If anyone had told me that by the end of the century there would be an AMERICAN company that had met, and by many opinions, beaten the Germans and Japanese at their own best game, I would have said "YOUR NUTS!!" Now, being a visual guy, I am not in the market for an AP scope, even if I could afford one, or outlive the wait. But I am very happy that AP exists, that Roland has shown that there are Americans left with the brains, physical skill, and patience to make great optics here in the USA, and that foreigners (no predjudice intended) have no monopoly on such talent. Also, kudos to Barry Greiner at D & G, who makes achromats equal to any in the world today.
consider to be his "market", I have been dabbling in amateur astronomy since the 60's; (actually the late 50's (anyone remember the sunrise solar eclipse in the northeast US on 10/01/1959 ? I do.)
Anyway, to my point: Back then, and for years to come, good refractor optics almost always meant German (Zeiss, ridiculous prices, still ridiculous) or Japanese (Then Goto, now Vixen and Tak). If anyone had told me that by the end of the century there would be an AMERICAN company that had met, and by many opinions, beaten the Germans and Japanese at their own best game, I would have said "YOUR NUTS!!" Now, being a visual guy, I am not in the market for an AP scope, even if I could afford one, or outlive the wait. But I am very happy that AP exists, that Roland has shown that there are Americans left with the brains, physical skill, and patience to make great optics here in the USA, and that foreigners (no predjudice intended) have no monopoly on such talent. Also, kudos to Barry Greiner at D & G, who makes achromats equal to any in the world today.
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