Re: [APML] Total Investment in Equipment

[Sean Walker <vze2c3z8@verizon.net>]

the ETX as a guidescope will dissapoint you- it will ALWAYS have mirror flop,
image shift, and general fristrations. it you want to inage with your LX-200,
get an off axis guider.

Sean Walker

Dave Schanz wrote:

> I know you guys don't know me from Adam because I'm just a lurker, but I've
> got a tad bit over $5.5k invested in equipment/software just getting ready
> to snap my first picture!  That's for a 10" LX200, wedge, focal reducer,
> 2-Minolta 102 bodies and a couple of lenses, a ETX90 guidescope with
> Losmandy dovetail and 125mm ring set, Losmandy counterweight, 216XT
> autoguider and a bunch of miscellaneous stuff.  That total does not include
> the cost of the concrete pier or any observatory construction costs.  Like I
> said, all that and I haven't snapped my first film shot yet - but will in
> the coming weeks.  It's taken me almost 2 years to accumulate the hardware.
>
> Dave Schanz
>
> PS:  You folks certainly set the bar real high!  I hope to be able to do
> half as nice a job some day.
>
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