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Post by weixing »

Hi,
Saw LOMO telescope website while surfing the internet: http://www.lomoplc.com/telescopesFrames.html

Hmm... their Maksutov-Newtonian got built-in finder... very interesting... :) :)

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Post by Canopus Lim »

The inbuilt finder is really interesting.
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Post by Tachyon »

An old post from Cloudynights:Here
[80% Steve, 20% Alfred] ------- Probability of Clear Skies = (Age of newest equipment in days) / [(Number of observers) * (Total Aperture of all telescopes present in mm)]
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Post by Airconvent »

Hi
I did talked about this brand sometime back, I think inside yahoogroups.
They do make very nice scopes and the finder within the OTA assembly is a nice touch. I nearly bought one Mak 70mm from Kay Heem but Chung Hooi beat me to it 8-)
Anyhow, I understand the bigger ones like the 102 are very heavy (by my standards) and require equally heavy tripods to be of use...
Does McGill carry this range? They do have a selection of Russian scopes although I have yet to see them appearing on Singastro...
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Post by ariefm71 »

Hmm... their Maksutov-Newtonian got built-in finder... very interesting...
This MN has the same CO as a MC :shock: :( :(
Sacrificing the small CO (a hallmark of MN) just to fit a built-in finder is not a very smart idea I would say, might as well get an MC, much more portable.
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Post by HoO_Germany »

So I can put here also my expirience with this LOMO MN 102. I had it and it is trueth the obstruction because of this very smart finder is bigger as usual for MNs. But the obstruction doesn´t matter by taking photographies and for this is this Mak-Newton optimated. Its small focal length and small weight, doesn´t need a strong mount to work with. And here is the finder a very smart idea because to take optimal position of a object.
So there is a difference to work with this MN by watching stars or to take images.

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