Lisa

[pvelez]

I bit the bullet and ordered the Shelyak LISA. It arrived within a week.

Its a good looking piece of kit. I'll post some pics over the weekend.

Does anyone have one? I might need some tips in using it.

Pete

[BPO]

It will be great to hear your opinions of it after some use. They are very interesting bits of gear.

[Terry B]

Very good. I'm thinking of doing the same. How did customs work etc?

[pvelez]

I expect it will be a bit before I roadtest it. Apart from the rain forecast for the next month in Sydney, I need to wait for a new faceplate for my QSI to arrive. I have a 583 wsg and the backfocus doesn't suit. I have a ws faceplate due late next week.

I also have a focal reducer for my RC8 on its way from Germany - the LISA is optimised for f5 scopes and I'd rather take advantage of the wider aperture of the RC8 compared to the Tak FSQ106.

On the bench it looks good - it is solid but not overly heavy. Can't wait to try it out

Pete

[pvelez]

Best not to discuss that here - suffice it to say it went remarkably smoothly. I think there was about a week from order to delivery

Pete

[Merlin66]

There are a few users who are on the Astronomical_spectroscopy Yahoo forum.
The unit seems to work well. The specs say 390A/mm dispersion, ie 2.57A/pixel with an ATik 314l+ camera. Ideal for lo res faint object observering.