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Originally Posted by The_bluester
I have bought from three Aus suppliers on the whole.
Sidereal Trading here in Melbourne, who I go to for preference firstly as I count them as friends and second as they are local and very good to deal with.
Bintel I have bought from many times, right back to before they closed their store in Melbourne. I still have some gear I bought at that store.
Testar I have bought from a few times, including just this week for a new ZWO filter wheel, tilt plate and OAG to put on my ASI2600MC Pro so that it is identically set up spacing wise to my 2600MM Pro. I even have a spare clear glass filter that is parfocal to the set in my 2600MM so if I get spacing just right with one cam it should be very very close with the other. I bought from Testar as they had what I need in stock, the only ones in Australia who do at the moment. Handy enough I could also save myself $100 in the process. ZWO have updated the OAG unit for this filter wheel to have a bigger prism and Testar had one left of the old version with a healthy discount. I already have the original, smaller prism unit on the mono setup and know that with both my scopes it covers the sensor of my guide cams fully anyway, why spend an extra $100 to spill more light off the edges of the guider chip?
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Off the subject a bit , but I follow Astrobkoke in the UK , just the other day he demonstrated the new larger ZWO OAG for his new rig (CT 10 f4.8 CF newt and EQ8-R pro mount ) I’m building a similar rig for my NexDome , Sidereal KH 10” f5 CF newt with GSO gear on a new EQ8-R pro but using my 2600MC for the moment. Maybe 2600MM later this year , early next year. The new ZWO OAG looks great with plenty of adjustments
Cheers
Martin
PS I’ve use Testar as well but only for filters etc... It’s a shame Bintel had to close their Melbourne shop, I heard good reviews over the years from that shop as well.