Re: [APML] 12" & 14" LX200

[George Anderson <georgea@cam.org>]

Meade aren't the only ones with "SMC". For years Pentax marketed their
camera lenses as SMC.

George Anderson
Montreal Canada

Clear skies and good health

Jim Ives wrote:
> 
> The Old coatings they called "SMC" for Super Multi Coatings. Pretty mystic
> as to what makes them super I would say.
> Jim
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Radu Corlan" <rcorlan@pcnet.ro>
> To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 3:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [APML] 12" & 14" LX200
> 
> > On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Jim Ives wrote:
> >
> > > Alan I question the authenticity of the UHTC on the new Meade scopes.
> Only
> > > for the fact that they show the "standard coatings" as having a
> transmission
> > > of 80%. I don't remember off hand the days before the UHTC came out, but
> I
> > > doubt if before those days they would have advertised their transmission
> > > percentages as only 80%. Everyone would have went with the Celestron
> right
> > > off.
> >
> > It's simple: 'standard coatings' are the new non-UHTC, which are MgF, not
> > the 'classic' multi-coatings. So, what they actually did, was making the
> > coatings an option, and maybe changing the formula a little bit. I would
> > expect the UHTC to be in the same league as the 'classic' coatings (and
> > Celestron's). The advertised gain is over the new 'standard' coatings.
> >
> > Radu
> >
> > >     In other words how can there (looking at graph in current Meade ad)
> > > standard coatings suddenly be only 80% transmission when before I'm sure
> > > they were advertised as being somewhere in the 90% range?  Should dig up
> an
> > > older S&T and look at their advertisement.
> > > Jim Ives
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Alan Voetsch" <critter12952@yahoo.com>
> > > To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 2:46 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [APML] 12" & 14" LX200
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi Eddie,
> > > >
> > > > --- Eddie Guscott <eddie.guscott@blueyonder.co.uk>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > I understand that the 14" Meade SC is priced to
> > > > > "persuade" people not to buy
> > > > > the Celestron C14.
> > > > > If you look at the pricing structure of the full
> > > > > range of Meades, the 14"
> > > > > would "appear" to have an artificially low/good
> > > > > price.
> > > >
> > > > I don't necessarily think so. They go from (I'm
> > > > rounding) $2000 for the 8", $2500-10", $3000-12",
> > > > $4300 for the 14". That last is a pretty good jump.
> > > > The tripod is the same, the drive gears and the forks
> > > > are supposed (?) to be a little beefier. That makes
> > > > the extra glass pretty pricey.
> > > >
> > > > Having a 12" (that cost me $4000 plus S&H), naturally
> > > > I yearn for the next step up. We all know this as
> > > > "Aperture Fever'. :-)
> > > >
> > > >  What I really want are the GPS goodies (mirror lock
> > > > and the microfocuser). It occurs to me that for a few
> > > > hundred more dollars than I paid for my 12"LX 200, I
> > > > could have the improved 14" GPS, a complete EP set,
> > > > and UHTC, which most likely equals out as 15". I'd go
> > > > for it. A note here; I bought my first LX200 (a 10")
> > > > in 1993 for about $3100 including S&H.
> > > >
> > > > I have to believe that anything that gets some of our
> > > > very expensive equipment priced a little more
> > > > reasonably is a good thing. Competition helps that. If
> > > > Celestron goes out of business, no, that won't help as
> > > > they are Meade's only real competition. Personally, I
> > > > believe there has been price inflation, and price
> > > > fixing, involved here for a long time. With lower
> > > > sales, higher prices will be gotten. With mass sales,
> > > > prices can be brought down. Meade is bringing these
> > > > scopes into everyones price range, I suspect that will
> > > > do more good than harm.
> > > >
> > > > Sorry, I've been rambling.
> > > >
> > > > Alan
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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