Thanks for the feedback. Sounds like I'm fortunate to hear from a VMC95L owner in Australia. I have checked with Steve at Astro Shop and he said he can order one for me.
One of the reviews I mentioned stated:
"The first thing I noticed was how long the VMC 95 took to cool and how poor the image whilst it was doing so, with massive astigmatism (so much so that it was impossible to get consistent focus across the field)."
"Like Jupiter, the view of the Moon was good up to about 70x, giving a bright, sharp, high-contrast view similar to a small APO. But again the image went soft at higher magnifications – radically different from the Questar whose excellent optics swallow high magnifications with ease."
Was this your experience?
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Originally Posted by BlackWidow
I purchased the 95 about 2 1/2 years ago in San Fran. When I got home I was not able to collimate it at all and nor could anyone else. I contacted the Asto shoppe here in Australia and they were very helpful but could not replace the scope as they did not stock it. So I contacted Vixen in the USA and they were great. They asked me to send it back for a full replacement. Fantastic service. The new one works fine and I am happy with it. Performs great for it price. It's not going to give you the results of a bigger or more expensive scope, but for its price and size it performs well....
Would I purchase another one if I lost this one? Yes
No point talking about the 110 as it is not the same scope. You won't find many people here in Australia with the 95 as the agent claims he never stocked the 95.
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