ATM Aplanats - What would I do with it?

[kwhitefire@juno.com]

Richard Snashall wrote:

>>>Isn't the issue here what you want to do with it?  Why does it
need to be named?  If it is good enough to take great shots, why
does it matter if it is "aplanatic" according to some definition --
and there are probably a number of those.

No, I'm not begging the question.  But I probably have my own
definition of a flat field as well, but it has nothing to do with
the value of the field curvature.

		Rick S.<<<

I want something that I can look into, using my eyes.  The image has to look good.

I also want something that I can attach a camera, and make that same image look good on film.

In an extreme case, I want to aim it at a tree several miles away and see the veins in the leaves, see the caterpillars munching on them, and watch as a bird eats the caterpillar.  That's if you can catch me up and about during the daytime.  Then there's the sun...  not without a full aperture filter.

I don't want f/Snail or f/D so fast that my eyepiece has to cost $200 or more.

I don't want to have to focus at different points to see the edge.  The fisheye look is out.

So I'm a firm believer in the Uniscope.  It's that mythical creature we all dream about, what a perfect telescope would be.  What is it called?  That's what I'll make.  If it's unknown, then I'll invent it.

Kevin of Eastern Iowa
Seeker of the Darkness




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