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Post by elton »

I looked at the saturn image on a 17" monitor at 1.5m away.... looks a lot like the teleport at 300x :)
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ariefm71 wrote:Zambuto still top in term of consistency and resale value of his mirrors. I could sell my "reference" mirror 50% more of its brand new value, but I won't do that! :-)
Hi Arief

this Saturn image is amzing :P

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this Saturn image is amzing
unfortunately, it's not mine :-)
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ariefm71 wrote:
this Saturn image is amzing
unfortunately, it's not mine :-)
:? :P it´s a pitty .... but really very very nice.

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haha.. Ideal scope collection achieved at the moment.. =)
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ariefm71 wrote:Zambuto still top in term of consistency and resale value of his mirrors.
Zambuto is no doubt good (I owned the 8" Portaball before) but I always wonder can you actually see more than 1/10 wave and higher than 90% strelh? So is there a point to pay for that extra money?

Thesedays, there are quite a few good mirror makers at lesser price. Royce, Raycraft, Stevens Optical, etc just to name a few.

A bit like buying a Ferrari for Singapore roads. You can't really drive 200km/h here so is buying that for practical use or just to make that person feel good?

But price issue is always subjective. There are people who may feel a Ferarri is cheap....so....
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Ok, i need to let the cat out. I have a lobang for a very limited number of 10" f/6 and 12.5" f/5.6 or f/6 Zambuto mirrors for not much more the price of similar mirrors offered by other premium makers. This offer is only applicable for local Singastroians. PM or email me at ariefm@singnet.com.sg if you're interested.

cheers,
Arief

PS: Strictly no other aperture or other focal ratio available.
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Post by ariefm71 »

You can't really drive 200km/h here
But you could drive 200km/h in Mersing, right? :D
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ariefm71 wrote:Ok, i need to let the cat out. I have a lobang for a very limited number of 10" f/6 and 12.5" f/5.6 or f/6 Zambuto mirrors for not much more the price of similar mirrors offered by other premium makers. This offer is only applicable for local Singastroians. PM or email me at ariefm@singnet.com.sg if you're interested.

cheers,
Arief

PS: Strictly no other aperture or other focal ratio available.
You are now a Zambuto distributor? :wink:
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Post by Airconvent »

can't really tell from the image shown as it obviously has been registraxed.
I wonder visually how it would look....probably a little better than Elton's 10" teleport I suppose.
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