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<blockquote data-quote="Dan Conzo" data-source="post: 15782" data-attributes="member: 269"><p>Tim</p><p></p><p>The Barr & Stroud and Wild are both about the same in 80 cm, the Wilds (the newer ones on the market now) are coated optics, made in the 60s and 70s. The Barr & Strouds are usually not coated (which may mean something to you) but not to a lot of others. The Wild has a small rectangular prism in the middle of the eyepiece where the objects are inverted (upsidedown)--the B & S the whole top half is inverted. They both work the same otherwise with about the same accuracy. The Wild is usually 11 or 11.5 power and the B&S usually 14 power. There are others that are good too Zeiss, etc. Nikon made a nice skinny 60 cm in 12 power which isn't bad but scarce. The old Bausch & Lombs and Goertz help win wars but it's hard to find them in good shape (glass etching, lens separation,etc). Wild (not the TMO) and B&L both made small ones but are real scarce. A good Wild or B&S are hard to beat. </p><p>If we beat the drums hard enough-maybe an American Optical Co. would make us one that was compact for a reasonable price, but it probably won't happen because of the small laser rainbow chasing. Seems like this would be more practical with old technology than 10 years that are lost with the new technology.</p><p></p><p>Dan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dan Conzo, post: 15782, member: 269"] Tim The Barr & Stroud and Wild are both about the same in 80 cm, the Wilds (the newer ones on the market now) are coated optics, made in the 60s and 70s. The Barr & Strouds are usually not coated (which may mean something to you) but not to a lot of others. The Wild has a small rectangular prism in the middle of the eyepiece where the objects are inverted (upsidedown)--the B & S the whole top half is inverted. They both work the same otherwise with about the same accuracy. The Wild is usually 11 or 11.5 power and the B&S usually 14 power. There are others that are good too Zeiss, etc. Nikon made a nice skinny 60 cm in 12 power which isn't bad but scarce. The old Bausch & Lombs and Goertz help win wars but it's hard to find them in good shape (glass etching, lens separation,etc). Wild (not the TMO) and B&L both made small ones but are real scarce. A good Wild or B&S are hard to beat. If we beat the drums hard enough-maybe an American Optical Co. would make us one that was compact for a reasonable price, but it probably won't happen because of the small laser rainbow chasing. Seems like this would be more practical with old technology than 10 years that are lost with the new technology. Dan [/QUOTE]
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