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Originally Posted by dannat
writing looks similar to the old meade [chinese made] as opposed to the GS [taiwan made]
see the 26mm here |
Thanks for the link. I notice that the 26 mm Meade Plossl looks like the 40 mm Australian Geographic (AG) Plossl.
However, the said 26 mm Meade Plossl is a part of the
current line up of their 4000 series Plossls,
http://www.meade.com/products/access...es.html?cat=45
Their current 40 mm Plossl looks differently to the AG 40 mm Plossl.
I've attempted to find out what is going on, and found the article
http://www.cloudynights.com/page/art...onfusion-r2103
It appears that the Meade ("enhanced" 5-element) Plossls were made in Japan until 1998. After that, Meade moved the manufacturing to Taiwan, and downgraded the eyepieces to the "real" 4-element Plossls. In 2002-04, Meade moved manufacturing of this series of Plossls from Taiwan to China. The Plossls were downgraded even further. The article author did the testing and comparison of those Plossls... it appears that the performance decreased with each move.
So... I wonder if the AG has the "old", Taiwan-made Plossls in stock. Anyway, I must confess of my foolishness -- I have placed an order for the AG 40 mm Plossl for $25. Now I am thinking that this is a waste of money.