[Exfso (Peter)]

This is a follow on from my original thread which seems to have expired. The TOA130 is now winging its way back to Japan after the company in Australia stuffed it up. This is now in the hands of Consumer affairs, not holding my breath though. The Tak factory viewed the star test I did after the Aust company had 2 goes at it, and their response was, "maybe ok for amateurs, but certainly would not pass the Tak factory quality inspection". It has been an expensive exercise, but I have learned one thing, dont let Amateurs get their hands on Takahashi equipment, they have no idea what they are doing. At least I know that it will come back from Takahashi in new condition. The fact that the Aust distributor of Takahashi recommended this company certainly does little for their reputation. In the words of the guy I communicated with at Takahashi, very few people outside of Takahashi know how to collimate these refractors. The mere fact that there are 6 collimating screws should indicate that it is very complicated.