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Picked up the wedge from the post office yesterday. Unfortunately haven't had the chance to use it, so this is an update on the contents of the package.
The wedge itself came in its hard case, which itself was in a cardboard box with "filters required" hand written on the outside. In their own plastic cases were: (1) a Baader ND 3.0 filter, and (2) an Orion polarising filter. All items appear to be brand new and unused,
The eyepiece tube of the wedge unscrews easily and allows the ND filter to be screwed into the bottom before reattaching the tube to the wedge. There is a stop inside the tube that will prevent any eyepiece making contact with the ND filter from above. So the ND filter is now installed and need never be removed.
I haven't heard back from Lunt on my second query, i.e. is this possibly old stock? Andrews say they only received two units, which does make me wonder if these are older models for evaluation. This might also explain why the package includes a polarising filter and is still cheaper than elsewhere. I am holding off from using it until Lunt tell me what differences, if any, there may be between this one and current models sold by other dealers. If there is little or no difference my inclination at the moment is to keep this one.
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