RichA wrote:
On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 13:25:16 -0600, Mike Jones
wrote:
I guess the question is, how much will something like that be?
Now that AP has jacked up prices, they (Elcan)at least will be able
to charge enough to bring back a profit, if they're goal is
to be competitive with other apo makers.
I wonder though if their scopes are being made solely on machines?
Given things like the Meade ETX optics, why couldn't apo optics be
done completely hands off, if they are of a limited size, 5"?
Could they (after accounting for the price of the glass) simply
turn out optics like that on an assembly line?
-Rich

It will cost about the same as other APOs. Glass accounts for most of
the overhead of making an APO. The cost of glass is subject to the
price of energy and hence ever increasing.
Ian Anderson
www.customopticalsystems.com