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Old 12-02-2017, 04:50 PM
DJT (David)
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Originally Posted by Steve Pattie View Post
Hmmm. I understand the reason for the flattener, but isn't placing lenses in the light path prone to chromatic abberations. The RC was designed for full field flatness across a large image circle without having to use correctors.

Steve
Hi Steve

There's a wiki on this that is quite interesting.

The RC design helps eliminate coma but it's still a bugger in terms of providing a flat field. The RC8 still needs a flattener to cover say an APS-C sensor on a DSLR.

You can chose between adding a piece of glass to act as a flattener or cropping or using a smaller sensor or even tinkering with lens correction in PS. Personally I crop.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritc...ien_telescope#
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