Re: [APML] [OT] Vixen GP and GP-DX mounts discontinued?

["John C. Mirtle" <spampit@shaw.ca>]

Emmanuele,
    A friend of mine was looking at this mount. The LCD panel is a bit of a
problem. It is in full colour, with no provision for "night mode". It is not
good for dark adaptation! Secondly, the LCD does not contain a heater. The
recommended operating range only goes down to 0C (32F) below which the LCD
becomes a solid crystal display. Not much good here in Canada....

John Mirtle
Calgary, Ab. Canada

(sorry about the blank reply...)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Emmanuele Sordini" <vega@bloomingstars.com>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 4:46 AM
Subject: [APML] [OT] Vixen GP and GP-DX mounts discontinued?


> Hi all,
> sorry if this slightly off-topic subject has already come up. Last
weekend,
> while at an amateur astronomer fair here in Italy, there were rumors among
> several astro equipment dealers of Vixen being about to discontinue its GP
> and GP-DX mounts, in favor of the latest, more advanced Sphinx model.
>
> This mount has a cool drive unit with a LCD display: but what is its
quality
> like? Since I do not intend to purchase it, my question is just for the
sake
> of curiosity :-))
>
> Anybody know anything about this?
>
> Emmanuele
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