Re: The anti-Meade is amusing
From: John Olon (johnolon32356ui_at_nospam.zed)
Date: 01/06/05
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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 16:01:33 GMT
The only thing I can say about Meade is that I feel lukewarm towards the
firm. I've owned two Meade scopes: an ETX-90RA and a Meade 12" SCT. The
ETX I still have and it is a great performer for the price. The 12", now
long sold, was a real disappointment. Granted, it wasn't a new scope when I
bought it, but it's optics were so rough that nothing magnified like planets
ever appeared clearly even under ideal seeing conditions. It was a mid
1990's model and they say the newer models are top notch but I haven't tried
those.
John
"RichA" <none@none.com> wrote in message
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> Reading some of the wildly speculative posts
> about the new Meade RCs here is telling. It
> shows that some people just don't know (or care) that Meade,
> above all other companies in astronomy has done
> more for the hobby than any other, in terms creating
> equipment that allowed a massive expansion of
> viewing and imaging and did more to increase the
> numbers of amateurs than anyone else.
> The anti-Meade forces do have different reasons;
>
> -You've got the disgruntled types who were burned
> somehow by Meade in the past (at least in their minds)
> and they just can't let anyone forget it.
>
> -You've got the apo-elitists, AP Mafiosos who look down
> on any scope that doesn't cost $1000/inch or more but who
> are too blind to see that technology has allowed "lesser" scopes
> to achieve virtual imaging miracles compared to 20 years ago.
> They just can't figure out why anyone would bring out a 10"
> catadioptric whose OTA alone doesn't cost at least $10,000!
>
> -You've got the TeleVue mob (louder now that the Meade 5000
> eyepieces are coming) but who deep down resent the fact their
> TeleVue scopes have never achieved the "status" of the APs,
> TMBs, TECs, Taks and Aries of the world and who from time to
> time probably wonder why they spent $5000 on a 4" apo and
> mount when that could have purchased a 14" SCT or custom Newtonian
> capable of outstanding planetary and deepsky imaging and visual
> performance that would allow them to go way beyond the "showpiece"
> objects in deepsky.
>
> Lastly, you've got the underdog worshipers who view ANY
> Meade creation as some kind of rip-off (principally from Celestron)
> of other scope makers.
>
> What I'd suggest is, keep up the speculation and the invective,
> if it proves correct, any of it, then that's a feather in your cap,
> you can preen on the group to your heart's contentment. But, if
> these RCs and the Meade Series 5000 eyepieces turn out to be
> good, then watch what happens to the markets they are aimed at.
>
> If Al Nagler (and of course there are rumours things are afoot)
> comes out with something spectacular, eyepiece wise (though I
> don't see that happening since his new Naglers are not that old)
> then at least the TV supporters will be able to have something
> to cheer about.
> -Rich
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