Re: [APML] Total Investment in Equipment

["Dave Schanz" <davesch@valleytranscription.com>]

Sean,

I know ... I know.  But I got the ETX real cheap and it sounded like a good
idea at the time.  At some point, I'll move up from the 216XT and up from
the ETX to a GEG or something.  Like many things Meade, I am prepared to do
a little "fine tuning" of the ETX to reduce the flop until I can replace it.
What really I need, is for the clouds to clear and the temps to warm up a
tad from the present 9 degrees to get me outside so I can jump into this.

Dave



> 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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