Hi All
Though I lurke around this wonderful place quite often, this is my first post here
I had started a similar thread on Cloudynights and thought our friends down under would also find this info useful. Here's the link to the ongoing thread on CN:
http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthrea.../o/all/fpart/1
To give y'all a brief intro to the thread, Zambuto Optical Company is starting a special run of precision annealed BK7 mirrors with the following specifications and pricing:
200 mm BK7 1200 mm focal length (F/6) $695.00 with trade in of primary mirror for recycling. Price includes free test of secondary mirror. (This offer is 30% off pricing of similar size custom one-each Pyrex/Supremax primary at 8" diameter)
250 mm BK7 1200 mm focal length (F/4.8) $895.00 with trade in of primary mirror for recycling. Price includes free test of secondary mirror. (This offer is 36% off pricing of similar size custom one-each Pyrex/Supremax primary at 10" diameter)
300 mm BK7 1500 mm focal length (F/5) $1,195.00 with trade in of primary mirror for recycling. Price includes free test of secondary mirror. (This offer is 39% off pricing of similar size custom one-each Pyrex/Supremax primary at 12.5" diameter)
These would be drop-in replacements for mass produced scopes and would have 100% Zambuto quality, performance, and guarantee. To add to this, they would be available at a significant discount as compared to ZOC's custom one-each Supremax mirrors of equivalent size! IMHO, it doesn't get better than this!
hope this helps!
Sabir