There's only one way to insure that you get a scope with really good
optics...test is first. Since you can't do that, buy your scope from
Company 7 and let them test it for you. Of course there is an extra charge
for this...but it's worth the expense.

Al
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 6:53 PM
Subject: [M]: Need more info on 10" LX-200...


> Another question I would like to get some opinions on...
>
> I've seen many references on this board to the idea that some Meade 10"
SCTs
> are "great ones", while others aren't as good. Here's my question: forget
> the electronics/drives/etc. - if someone, say, orders a 10" LX-200 from
> whatever mail order company, and upon arrival and setup, the scope is then
> re-collimated by the new owner to a good degree, is the scope gonna
perform
> as well as any other Meade 10" LX-200 that is obtained from other places?
>
> Hmmm. Maybe a better way to ask this is this: are there manufacturing and
> quality variances in these OPTs that exist that will cause varying levels
of
> performance, assuming excellent collimation for all of them? Does the
> vendor play a role in this?
>
> Like I said, I've gotten the impression from reading posts here that
> sometimes you get a really, really good 10" Meade, and sometimes you just
> get an average one. Is there any way to avoid this, and to insure that
when
> you get a 10", it's as good as you can expect? Is it a crapshoot? If you
> collimate well, are they all the same? And, if this is discussed
somewhere
> in the archives, my apologies, and I'll go look there.
>
> Thanks, Doug
>
>

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