Re: ATM Camera lenses as eyepieces

["James W. Burrows" <burrjaw@halcyon.com>]

On Wed, 2 Jul 1997, Clint Bach wrote:

> BTW, in use, the "front" of the lens is toward the telescope and the
> "back" of the lens is toward your eye. 

Betcha they'd work even better the other way 'round.  Camera lenses are
designed so the back is toward the film; when used as an eyepiece, the
"film" is replaced by the real image from the objective.

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