[stellarquest]

Hi Norm,
I did notice on the 12 that when you tried to lock the primary, collimation would shift, and by slightly varying margins! This was quite annoying, and totally absent on the 10. I did not think of the springs. I will call the owner and let him know of you're suggestion. Thankyou!.
As for shrouds, yes. On all the truss dobs. Made of a stretchy black fabric, don't ask me what though, and with stud clips. I think 5. I do remember thinking that the shrouds interfered with holding the trusses when moving the scopes, but it simple to just slide the shroud up enough. I also remember thinking that perhaps a way around this would be to select the truss you will handle the most and make the shroud go around the scope until it meets back at the selected truss, but then have something like velcro loops that will allow you to slide past the shrouds meeting line to hold the truss. Sorry, I know my description is clear as mud. Just don't know how to describe it.
I did not write down the cooling times, a bad mistake in retrospect. I think that by 30 mins we were well and truley engrossed with the 10, so probably around the 45 minute mark would be my best guess.
The White was more noticeable in the 12 than the 10. Nothing to write home about in either.
The LB's are really beautiful scopes to look at. Meade have created a real winner here.
I wish I could repeat the night and make much more detailed notes!.
Another thought. To really finish off the scope, I will be mounting an Orion 9x50 finder with the right angle in addition to the great illumiation finder. I just want the luxury of both. When using higher magnifications, which the 10 handles best, the options of both fields of view for finding will be nice. And I can afford not only this, but also the Oxygen3 filter, and a new Ep for the same money as the 12LB on it's own. Don't get me wrong, the 12 is great, but just my preference for the 10 here.
Sorry Norm, I hope this helps a little. If you think of anything else please let me know and I will do my best.
Cheers,
Stellarquest