Re: [APML] Horsehead and Pleiades testshots with 6x9 camera/OAG and BRC

[Grant <GB1029@inter-linc.net>]

misleading claims...Isn't that meades' department.?  God only
knows
why Tak would feel they need to climb aboard that boat.
Grant

At 12:29 PM 12/19/01 -0600, you wrote:
> No this
> is not good. I think that buyers should expect claims about potential
> products to be accurate. Many amateur buyers of telescopes are not
> knowledgable enough in optics to realize the 2 micron claim is not
> possible in real life, and I'm in that group. It boils down to the fact
> that marketeers take advantage of those who don't know. It's not ethical
> or moral but it happens all the time. And this isn't the first inaccurate
> or misleading claim made by this particular telescope Co. Hint:
> "Image circle". 
> I've never been aware of any misleading or
> inaccurate claims made by AP. I guess that's probably one reason you
> can't go buy a new AP without waiting 2-3 years. I sure appreciate
> honesty in product representation. 
> Bobby Middleton