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Scott, well found re price on the AP - I am glad I said I could be way off!! LOL! and i am with you on that point that there is more to that image than just a nice scope and camera - years of experience and skill show up well in both the taking and the processing - it is a masterpiece imo.
i wonder how long before the Chinese mass produced optics people reach that level in refractors and everything? maybe not many years?
I saw some stuff on foxtel news/biz chnnels recently - they were talking about the new BMW car factory in China - 70% of the floor workers had engineering degree's and worked for about $50 AUD a week! (China pumps out 1 million engineering graduates a year!!!) but that is a double edged sword as you all know - ie say see u later to most of whats left of the manufacturing industry in Oz pretty soon! :-(
With computer/machine made mirrors/lenses/optics - my understanding is that no machine can replicate the much needed randomness of strokes humans do naturally (to ensure an even surface finish) in the final stages of grinding/polishing and then figuring - at least that is the case with newtonian mirrors - I would imagine that applies to lenses to?
Cheers
Kearn
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