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Originally Posted by wavelandscott
By all accounts it is a tremendous achievement in ocular science and enjoyable to use...I hope that you get many years of enjoyment out of it!
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Hi Scott,
Thank you and we'll have to make sure you get a good look through it.
Totally agree with what an achievement for Tele Vue it is.
In his presnetation at the Texas Star Party, Al Nagler told us how the
eyepiece was a challenge put forth by David whilst Al was away from
the office in Chester for a while, and then fulfilled by Al's long-time
protégé Paul Dellechiaie. I think Al said David and Paul asked each other
what they could do as a special project and the answer was the 100 degree
effective field of view eyepiece. Al had some design notes I recollect dating
back to perhaps the 1970's for an eyepiece with a 100 degree effective FOV,
however, had never found the time to do the engineering.
With our own product having a name borrowed from Greek legend,
I told Al I particularly liked the name 'Ethos' and he laughed. He said they
were really proud of the name but that it probably took them longer to
come up with this great name than to design the eyepiece.
Anyway, it certainly is destined to become a classic in its own right.
Best Regards
Gary Kopff
Mt. Kuring-Gai NSW