Amateur telescope makers regularly grind their own parabolic mirrors to
1/10 wavelength of light ... even high school kids. Very low tech and
time consuming. Admittedly easier than a double sided lens. A company
making lenses as their main product should be able to surpass a high
school kid easily.
-jeff
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From: "Boris Grigorov" <alienspecimen@xxxxxxxxxx>
The Olympus business types are trying to market it as a revolutionary
piece. You are buying a piece of history...
But they are also marketing it as a technical marvel. Their claims are
(last I heard) that if the 300 mm's surface was as big as a football
field, the deviation of it would be less than a human hair. Pretty
serious claim, but am not sure if really matters that much.
I would by the E1, but am not sure if I could justify the 300mm.
Boris
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