Re: ATM lens for finderscope

[andydtg@phoenix.net]

Bruce Swayze wrote:

>Actually, it's not the aesthetics at all.  I would gladly settle for half of
>a binocular if only I could find one in the size I'm looking for.  While
>inexpensive finders and lenses abound in the 30 to 50mm size, it gets hard
>when you want to make or find something in the 60mm to 80mm size.  What I
>*REALLY* want is to find an 80mm lens or half of an old pair of 11 x 80
>binocs that can be used to make a finder.  My dream is to be able to put
>together an 80mm finder without having to spend the better part of $200.
>Call me cheap, but isn't this what ATM'ing is all about?  Besides, it's fun.  

Does it *have* to be a refractor? I made a 4" f4 relector out of an ashtray
once, not exactly a *great* mirror but it worked fine at 20x.




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