Re: 2" 90° Apparent Field Eyepieces Announced

From: Tom Davis (tdavis11_at_carolina.rr.com)
Date: 07/01/04 

Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 20:31:56 GMT

"Chris1011" <chris1011@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20040630142411.25422.00000814@mb-m29.aol.com...
> >>Here's some more info from Bill Burgess: It's a 7-element design, all
> ED glass>>
>
> What a load of crap! All ED my foot. If ED glass was ever used in
eyepieces
> they would have narrow fields with very poor off-axis corrections.
>
> Roland Christen

The information was relayed wrong. I talked to Bill. These
eyepieces will use Lanthanum, not ED glass. As to the rest,
we'll have to wait and see.

Thanks, Tom Davis

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