$50 that's a real bargain. Buy them all!. I paid more. They sell voor 229 euro in our wallmart version. The lens is a simple achromat, I don't think it's a great telelens (if you can find the optional T mount adapter).
On Jan 4, 2008 6:24 PM, Walter Hamler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Many of you I know are interested in Astronomy and Telescopes, so this > may be of interest. > An astronomy club friend was in a local Walmart and noticed a rack of > small Meade backpacker telescopes on sale. They were marked down from > 200.00 to 50.00. A small 60mm refractor on the ETX GOTO mount, all > packaged with a backpack. He bought one and after testing out he > called me to report what great performance it had for such a small > scope and few bucks. > The next day I decided to see if he could get me one as well. An hour > later he called that he had one. I drove over and we checked it out > together. It seemed to work as advertised so I took it home. > I have not had it under the stars yet but on land it gives great > views, very sharp and contrasty. Just two of the three eyepieces alone > are worth the price I paid :-) Now I have to see if there is a way to > attach a camera. Not for astronomy but for a 350mm telephoto lens, > f/5.8. > > Walt > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Toine http://www.repiuk.nl -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
