Hmmm I may have been wrong.
You also said "Added bonus: lots and lots of terrestrial viewing
opportunities with these
apos. None if you're using a reflector." - good point!
Allan
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>From: Garth Wood <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] Re: [photo] crescent moon
>Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 09:20:21 -0700
>
>Allan Mee wrote:
> > Richard said:
> > "Televue makes some fine small refractors as well."
> >
> > Hmmm I would think that a reflector (preferably with a motorised
>equatorial
> > mount) would be better than a refractor for astrophotography.
>
>T'ain't necessarily true. Check out (for example) this review of
>Williams Optics' Megrez and Fluorostar (90mm and 110mm) apochromatic
>refractors on the SkyNews.ca site:
>
>
>http://www.skynewsmagazine.com/pages/reviews/williamopticsnd06.pdf
>
>
>This review made me sharpen my pencil. In the new year, it's gonna be
>between a 7-14mm Digital Zuiko (assuming Olympus *finally* gets its act
>together and produces a quality follow-on pro model successor to the
>E-1) and one of these apos (probably the 110mm Fluorostar). Added
>bonus: lots and lots of terrestrial viewing opportunities with these
>apos. None if you're using a reflector. ;-)
>
>
>Garth
>
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