Brian Tung wrote:
: My brother took the initiative and ordered a PST for me. I don't know
: what the leadtime is for one of these. Some have supposedly shipped to
: dealers. They sure are cute looking! I think that I want the ability
: to tune the filter, so I think that I may up the order to the MS40.
(snip)
: One thing to consider is that the PST is not so much optimized for
: prominences as it is pessimized for surface detail. It won't show the
: prominences any better, I don't think, than the MS40 will. The surface
: detail, incidentally, may be why the PST doesn't come with the T-Max
: tuner; it wouldn't do enough good to warrant including it. Still, if
: I were on a limited budget, the PST would look like a very attractive
: option.

I talked to a woman at the Coronado booth at NEAF about the PST. She said
that on Tuesday (I assume 4/20/04) they are starting production on a "Mark
2" PST

The difference? I think she said it will be able to be tuned when you add
the additional filter.

Richard in Boston, MA, USA