Oh oh!! A new tak!!!

[LewisM]

http://www.takahashijapan.com/ct-news/news_topics/newst_170301_foa-60.html

FOA-60... a fluorite TOA :) I now start salivating...

Price will be interesting

[MortonH]

Nice

[Kunama]

Translation from Tak site by Tamiji Homma

" FOA-60Q is the best optics that Takahashi has ever created, covering full size camera sensor, entire visual spectrum at strehl 0.99 or greater. It yields great image even at 300x."

[LewisM]

Taks 125,000 yen with finder makes it $1500 AUD.

OK, I'm asking Claude...release date is 25 March

[Kunama]

I think it would be a really nice scope as far as colour correction goes, at F8.8 it seems very long for imagers..... Nice visual grab & go.
I think their claims of 300x are OTT.

[FlashDrive]

Ooooh ...very nice :astron:

[LewisM]

The flattener makes it f/8.1 :P

[Atmos]

It'll give me an excuse to use my TV 4x Powermate and a 7mm EP. Get me to rhat 300x that my seeing never allows.

[Tropo-Bob]

Ha, the telescope can handle 300x, but with a exit pupil of only 0.2mm, my eyes will be seeing floaters everywhere.

[beren]

:) Nice.....Flowlight ortho apochromat :question: looks interesting ....and Claude has a 10% discount for past customers :D

[Allan]

Wake me up when they come out with something useful, like an FC 160.

[Octane]

Oh, man. That's tempting. I might have to part with the FS-60CB!

H

[LewisM]

No word from Claude as yet. I wait with baited breath.

Heck, if need be, it can be a guidescope (with perfect optics) on my 102 :P

[LewisM]

Adapting Ken Muse's timeless Unitron cartoons...

[brian nordstrom]

:question: $1350 as I type ??? thanks Lewis , Ignorance was BLISS ;) ,,, they look very good tho ,,,
Brian.

[Wilso]

Another new Tak!
Backpackers 50

[LewisM]

Claude's price:
FOA-60: $1560
Extender: $895
Clamshell: $192

I still feel I need to be an early adopter...

[Kunama]

Too much for a finderscope .....

[Atmos]

It could replace the DL as the finderscope for the dob :P

[Kunama]

Just an update to this thread for those who own or plan to buy a FOA-60
I recently designed two adapters for the FOA60 draw tube to allow you to use the Takahashi Camera Angle Adjuster from the Sky90 and to allow the use of T2 components.
I have tested them both on my FOA60 today and they fit perfectly.

My adapters are now available for purchase from Rafael at RAF Camera.

1. M47 x 0.75mm > M56 x 0.75mm
2. M47 x 0.75mm > T2 (M42x0.75mm)
Rafael sells them now for $24.95 each
( Go to https://www.rafcamera.com/other and enter M47 in the search box upper right )