KSON & Long Perng ED doublets

[MortonH]

Is anyone using one of these? I'm thinking of going for an ED scope around 100-110mm when I sell my Mak.

The KSON got a decent review in AS&T recently, although only a very small part of the review actually discussed the optics, so I'm unsure of them.

Any opinions?

Cheers

Morton

[gbeal]

I've had a couple, the last being sold to make way for an expensive apo, and to be honest they are a great buy.
Either direct from the seller in China, call him "Nick", or wherever.
I had the ED102 doublet, and in the CF tube. Focuser was wonderful, doublet optics had a touch of CA to my eyes, but nothing untoward. Flash has the scope now and seems happy with it. He'll make more comment I suspect.
Gary

[MortonH]

Thanks, Gary. I remember now that you offered me one of them at one point before I got my Mak. Should have taken it then!

Morton

[rider]

We've got a LP 110 carbon-fiber doublet. - originally bought it for Mrs Rider to go bird watching, as it was less $ than a quality bird-scope with more aperture and a 2 speed focusser.

BUT, its spent a fair bit of time looking at stars, cos the views are fabulous, and I'm a sucker for well built good looking wide-field scopes (errr, and the Carbon-fiber bling is just glorious.)

When it arrived I was blown away by the quality of the build, and though I'm not a refractor fan (aperture rules ok), I think it stacks up to WO's scopes Ive looked through, for less than 2/3 the price.

[MortonH]

I like the look of those too, but am concerned about CA at f/6 with 'only' FPL51 glass. The Stellarvue version is f/7 and supposedly has pretty low CA.

Have you pushed the magnification up for planetary viewing?

[gbeal]

Morton.
Get a hold of Mr Drive, first name Flash, he is on the forums and see if you can get a look through his. That way you'll know if the scope is what you want or not.
Gary

[andrew2008]

Originally Posted by gbeal

Morton.
Get a hold of Mr Drive, first name Flash, he is on the forums and see if you can get a look through his. That way you'll know if the scope is what you want or not.
Gary

It will only cost $200 for a return flight SYD-BNE. Major cities aren't so close as they are there hey bro

Sorry Gary, i'm still bitter about the Cup.

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

Originally Posted by gbeal

Morton.
Get a hold of Mr Drive, first name Flash, he is on the forums and see if you can get a look through his. That way you'll know if the scope is what you want or not.
Gary

Thought someone was talking about me .... my ears were burning ...
It should be on it's way back to me ... with a new MoonLite Focuser fitted.

Flash

[gbeal]

Originally Posted by andrew2008

It will only cost $200 for a return flight SYD-BNE. Major cities aren't so close as they are there hey bro

Sorry Gary, i'm still bitter about the Cup.

Sorry Andrew, for some reason I though Flasher was in the same area. He has replied anyway.
Don't be bitter about the cup, you've had it a couple of times as well.
Gary