Re: ATM Source of small lenses

[Bruce Swayze <swayze@europa.com>]

At 11:41 AM 9/14/97 CST, you wrote:
>What reasonably priced sources are there (besides Edmund Scientific) 
>that offer a large line of lenses such as small (1 inch diameter) 
>plano convex, plano concave, double concave, double convex, positive 
>and negative meniscus, etc?
>
>Do any companies or individuals make small lenses to meet your custom 
>specifications?  (At a reasonable price.)
>
>(I'm in the process of designing a small, removable corrector that 
>will fit in the baffle tube of my C-11 to eliminate spherical 
>aberration on axis for planetary viewing. I'm looking at two 
>approaches:  use 'off the shelf' lenses from someplace like Edmund 
>Scientific, or have someone custom make the lenses.)
>
>Thanks in advance!

Try the Surplus Shack.  He has lots and lots of lenses available like the
ones you describe.  The web site is at:    http://www.SurplusShack.com/

Clear skies,


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