Ethos price announced

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whoa, finally the price is out :)
congrats Hommel!
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Tachyon wrote: I knew TV will charge a premium for it, but I didn't guess it will be that high a premium. Anyway, am deciding if I should buy it now or wait for NEAF? :P
Andrew, the selling price is at a 40% discount off your budget... Don't wait! :mrgreen: :)
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Just wait for the Taiwanese/China clone la. They will come out one for 200 bucks that is just as good.
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"Just wait for the Taiwanese/China clone la. They will come out one for 200 bucks that is just as good."

Uhh I don't think optics can be cloned. Else every Chinese telescope will be as good as Japanese/ USA made ones. Manufacturing ability is very important. They can steal the secret to the design but that does not mean they can execute it to its ability especially at low cost. It tends to fall below what is designed by a lot.
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"Just wait for the Taiwanese/China clone la. They will come out one for 200 bucks that is just as good."

Uhh I don't think optics can be cloned. Else every Chinese telescope will be as good as Japanese/ USA made ones. Manufacturing ability is very important. They can steal the secret to the design but that does not mean they can execute it to its ability especially at low cost. It tends to fall below what is designed by a lot.
Well... do not under-estimate the Chinese. There are Nagler clones, Panoptic clones, Radian clones etc, it is just a matter of time for the Chinese to come up with an Ethos clone that performs up to 90% of the original quality but selling at 30 % of the original's cost! Just wait and see.... :)
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What are Nagler Clones? the UWANS?
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Hi,
Well... do not under-estimate the Chinese. There are Nagler clones, Panoptic clones, Radian clones etc, it is just a matter of time for the Chinese to come up with an Ethos clone that performs up to 90% of the original quality but selling at 30 % of the original's cost! Just wait and see....
Agree... Now they can manufacture and sell a 80mm F6 Triplet APO at less than S$850... so what's next??

Anyway, good for us... :)

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jermng wrote:What are Nagler Clones? the UWANS?
WO is a reputable company; don't think they do clones :)
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WO is a reputable company; don't think they do clones Smile
I thought so ... so what are the Nagler clones? I would be interested to try some .. if they're 30% the price of the real Naglers .. :)
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Well the Meade 5K UWA are not clones of naglers but they give >90% performance for two-thirds of the price. I have the 5k 24mm UWA and is very happy with it :)
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