----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 10:33
AM
Subject: Re: [APML] Horsehead and
Pleiades testshots with 6x9 camera/OAG and BRC
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 knowledgeable
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