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Alright I went to Bintel Sydney and spoke to Micheal about what i was looking for. and this was his hand written quote:
OPTION 1: FILTERS FITTED AT QSI
QSI 683wsb-8 with C-mount on OAG $5,200
upgrade to 31mm unmounted filter wheel $70
Unmounted filters:
Astronomik filter set LRGB from QSI $459
Astronomik Ha filter from QSI $249
Astronomik OIII filter from QSI $249
Astronomik SII filter from QSI $249
That comes to a total of AU$ 6,475
The above filters would be installed at QSI during assembly in clean room.
A cheaper option was to order the filters separately from Bintel which would cost:
OPTION 2: Filters bought through Bintel
Astronomik filter set LRGB $379
Astronomik Ha filter $198
Astronomik OIII filter $198
Astronomik SII filter $198
This option comes to a total of AU$ 6,200
I would then have to install the filters myself and risk leaving finger prints on them and introducing dust into the filterwheel and camera assembly.
Now i did a comparison if i were to buy everything directly from the suppliers QSI and Astronomik
From QSI:
QSI 683wsb-8 with C-mount on OAG USD $3,990
upgrade to 31mm unmounted filter wheel USD $50
Unmounted filters:
Astronomik filter set LRGB from QSI USD $299
Shipping charge: USD $ 386.60
Total cost from QSI: USD $4,866.60
at current exchange rate of 0.92 comes to: AU$ 5,293.81
+ 10% GST: AU $5,823.23
From Astronomik:
Astronomik Ha filter from Astronomik 139 Euros
Astronomik OIII filter from Astronomik 139 Euros
Astronomik SII filter from Astronomik 139 Euros
shipping charge: 9.9 Euros
Total cost from Astronomik: 426.9 Euros
at current exchange rate of 1.43 comes to: AU$ 609.96
(No GST on this as it is less than $1000)
so total cost if bought from supplier: AU$ 6,433.19
This means a grand saving of:
OPTION 1: Unmounted filters fitted at QSI: AU$ 41.81
OPTION 2: Unmounted filters bought through Bintel and fitted by me: AU$ -233.19
(cheaper to buy straight through Bintel)
So I guess its a no brainer. Bintel have quite a reasonable price.
The only question i have left is "should i go for the option of having the filters installed by QSI or should i place them in myself?"
Thanks for reading...
John
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