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Posts Made By: Art Ciampi

October 27, 2008 02:56 PM Forum: Refractors

Is the Tak TSA really a Super-Apo?

Posted By Art Ciampi
Please send the scope to us and I will have Fred adjust the focuser for you.

Art

December 8, 2008 03:43 PM Forum: Takahashi

Sky 90 II dew shield dimension ?

Posted By Art Ciampi
The OD is 114mm. The thread is very fine so great care should be taken when removing the lens shade. Hold the lens ring as tightly as possible and then unscrew the lens shade. When it will be reattached, it is important to proceed with great care to prevent cross threading.

Art Ciampi

February 24, 2009 02:54 PM Forum: Takahashi

Forum Silence

Posted By Art Ciampi
Rocky, the General Manager of Takahashi will be with me at NEAF this year and he may have a surprise to announce.

Rocky will be more thanplease to sign any tube assemblies as he has done in the past.

Art Ciampi

March 23, 2009 02:20 PM Forum: Takahashi

NEW TAK

Posted By Art Ciampi
Yes, and the designer will be there at NEAF. He is Toshi Yuyama.

Art

April 24, 2009 08:54 PM Forum: Refractors

Opinions? TV60 vrs Tak FS-60C vrs SV70ED

Posted By Art Ciampi
The FS-60C has a dedicated reducer and flattener to produce the highest quality images. When used with the reducer the effective focal ratio of f/4.4 for wide field images and f/6.1 for the flattener. The focuser can be used with the camera angle adjuster to allow the 360 degree rotation of the image with loss of focus.

June 9, 2009 01:35 PM Forum: Takahashi

Help - Tak 'Adapter-itis'

Posted By Art Ciampi
You have 2 ea. TCA1030 CA35 [35mm camera adapters], 1 ea. TKA2350 72mm diamater extension tube and the Prime Focus Adapter for the FSQ-106ED.

Art

August 25, 2009 02:03 PM Forum: Takahashi

NJP/JP-Z Mount

Posted By Art Ciampi
Yes they did a few years ago. sad

Art Ciampi

September 3, 2009 07:04 PM Forum: Takahashi

Fantastic FC100N

Posted By Art Ciampi
The FC-100 you speak of was named after a famous magazine in Japan; Newton, hence FC-100N [Newton]

Art Ciampi

October 28, 2009 04:05 PM Forum: Takahashi

TOA-130s focuser

Posted By Art Ciampi
Yes. smile

Art

December 4, 2009 08:10 PM Forum: Takahashi

In case you 250/300 Mewlon owners missed it.

Posted By Art Ciampi
These newly announced correctors for the Mewlon-250 and 300 are compiatible with every Mewlon-250 and 300 ever made which covers 19 years of production.

The triplet ED corrector is built in to the baffle tube so the process for installation is to remove the old baffle tube and replace it with the new one.

The corrector changes the M-250 to an F/10 , 2500mm corrected flat field telescope with an image circle large enough to cover a 35mm frame. The M-300 version changes the the focal length to 2980mm at f/9.9.

These correctors allow the use of medium format cameras and wide field oculars. It is the best of visual and imaging.

The 250 corrector will be available at the end of December and the 300 corrector at the end of January.

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