so called new approach to design doublet APOs. ;>)

To Tom Davis and the rest...

It was my understanding that Burgess Optical and various folks with connections
to BO were going to avoid commenting on products that were not yet available to
the public.

In the past this has caused Burgess Optics and others a large amount of grief
including yours truly. I was suckered in to the predessor to this scope, the
102F6 nearly 2 years ago by glowing reports of Prototype performance and
assurances of Burgess Optics customer care and quality assurance and of course
a very attractive price.

So far, this story has just been one of disappointment and disaster. (The
upside is that I did have an extra 2 inch diagonal to lend to Howard Lester to
use with his Orion ED80.)

The downside is that I have been on a roller coaster of ups and down, promises
followed by failure, after all my scope was supposed to be shipped within a
month of the order date which was in March of 2003. What I ended up with was
a scope 10 months later that even by my lax standards was unusable. Now
nearly a year later, again I have been hopeful numerous times, still nothing...

I hope that Burgess Optical is able to pull this one off.

But at the same time, I hope that no one here mistakes a glowing review of a
Proto-type as an indication that soon a similar scope will available to the
general public.

It maybe that indeed this time the product will arrive on schedule and be of
the quality imagined.

But if you want to avoid getting into the same frustrating situation I have
been in for the last 20 months, then I suggest caution is wisest course of
action. (The folks whom I feel sorry for though are those who bought the 102F6
as their first scope and waited for those many months under the impression that
they were actually getting a scope.)

If the production scopes are what Tom's prototype seemed to be then there will
be more and enough for everyone.

If you want to read more, I suggest looking over the Burgess Optical forum on
Astromart. Tom, myself, Roland and many others have posted there on a regular
basis. Lots of excitement and flames but lots of good solid meat as well.

As they say, let the buyer beware, just don't say I didn't warn you.....

Best wishes, clear skies and I will say I am pretty happy with my color free
130mm F5 scope.... Magicians work wonders with mirrors....

jon