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Old 30-06-2009, 08:55 AM
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Originally Posted by marki View Post
Unless you have a LX200 with a mirror lock that is . Suprised Celestron have not done something similar. Actually I am suprised they all don't just bite the bullet and put the primary on a roller bearing setup similar to the crayfords . Would have to be a whole lot better then sliding it up and down a greased plain bearing.

Mark
Not familiar with the LX200 but I'd assume that if the primary is heavy and designed to move in anyway to get focus bearings or not it would move to some degree. All high end gear seem to have all optical elements linked in a rock solid truss/tube system. The only moving part is the focuser.
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