Do SCT manufacturers pick and choose?

I was wondering if Meade and Celestron put their better ota_s on their
more expensive go-to packages and the not so good ones on their less
expensive packages or do you think you stand an equally good chance of
getting a very good set of optics either way?
Dave

On 8 Aug 2004 11:00:49 -0700, (david) wrote:

I was wondering if Meade and Celestron put their better ota_s on their
more expensive go-to packages and the not so good ones on their less
expensive packages or do you think you stand an equally good chance of
getting a very good set of optics either way?
Dave

I'd guess not. First of all, their manufacturing methods are now such that
nearly every OTA is very good. The broad quality distribution of the 80s and
early 90s is gone. And where problems still exist, it seems to be with the QC at
the end of the process- final testing, really. That suggests they don't even
have a good method of figuring out which of their OTAs are better than others.

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com

Chris L Peterson wrote:

On 8 Aug 2004 11:00:49 -0700, (david) wrote:


I was wondering if Meade and Celestron put their better ota_s on their
more expensive go-to packages and the not so good ones on their less
expensive packages or do you think you stand an equally good chance of
getting a very good set of optics either way?
Dave


I'd guess not. First of all, their manufacturing methods are now such that
nearly every OTA is very good. The broad quality distribution of the 80s and
early 90s is gone. And where problems still exist, it seems to be with the QC at
the end of the process- final testing, really. That suggests they don't even
have a good method of figuring out which of their OTAs are better than others.


The NS8GPS I bought last year had a flaw introduced still later: The
lens cap was not secured and ended up damaging the corrector plate in
shipment (to the vendor; I drove it home from there). Fortunately, I
live 2-3 miles from Celestron, so the only inconvenience was a delay in
first light.

Irony is that it took me 3 hrs roundtrip to get the scope and 20 min
roundtrip to take it to Celestron.

Phil

I was wondering if Meade and Celestron put their better ota_s on their
more expensive go-to packages and the not so good ones on their less
expensive packages

Hi:

I don't think so. Both Meade and Celestron say "no" and I've never had any
evidence of optical differences between, say, an LX10 and an LX200.

Peace,
Rod Mollise
Author of _Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_
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From the mfger or from the retailer? I think your statement way tooo
broad, or ambivalent as usual.


Rod Mollise wrote:


I was wondering if Meade and Celestron put their better ota_s on their
more expensive go-to packages and the not so good ones on their less
expensive packages

Hi:

I don't think so. Both Meade and Celestron say "no" and I've never had any
evidence of optical differences between, say, an LX10 and an LX200.

Peace,
Rod Mollise
Author of _Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_
Like SCTs and MCTs?
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1. What proof do you have to the contrary?
2. Why did you chose to make a personal attack instead instead of addressing
the issue?

"Got a Dime?" wrote in message
...
From the mfger or from the retailer? I think your statement way tooo
broad, or ambivalent as usual.






Rod Mollise wrote:


I was wondering if Meade and Celestron put their better ota_s on their
more expensive go-to packages and the not so good ones on their less
expensive packages

Hi:

I don't think so. Both Meade and Celestron say "no" and I've never had
any
evidence of optical differences between, say, an LX10 and an LX200.

Peace,
Rod Mollise
Author of _Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_
Like SCTs and MCTs?
Check-out sct-user, the mailing list for CAT fanciers!
Goto http://members.aol.com/RMOLLISE/index.html

(david) wrote in message . com...
I was wondering if Meade and Celestron put their better ota_s on their
more expensive go-to packages and the not so good ones on their less
expensive packages or do you think you stand an equally good chance of
getting a very good set of optics either way?
Dave

Rumours years ago said yes, never proven. They also apparently shipped
lesser units to Europe. None of this was ever substantiated, but with
the relative uniformity of the SCTs now, it isn't such a concern.
-Rich