Maybe I'm too fussy, but...

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Maybe I'm being too fussy, but it irritates the hell out of me every time I look at my Tak TSA120, and see the word "apochromat" spelt incorrectly on its dew shield.
A company that prides itself on quality should at least get the spelling correct!

[leon]

Have to agree Laurie, not very professional at all, where was quality control when they inspected it.

Leon

[multiweb (Marc)]

I can drop by any time and take it off you. I wouldn't want you to lose sleep and stress.

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

I can drop by any time and take it off you. I wouldn't want you to lose sleep and stress.

I'm not quite THAT stressed, Marc

[omegacrux (David)]

You shure its not a fake made out of aloominum


Just kidding

David

[Steffen]

My first thought was that you may have bought a fake, but all images I could find on the net show the same mis-spelling (while the writing around the lens has the correct spelling).

Maybe you can send the dew shield back to Takahashi for "repair"?

Cheers
Steffen.

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Definitely not fake-I bought it new from Claude at AEC. I guess somebody stuffed up with the spelling for the decals, and Takahashi never picked it up.
Apart from that, its a magnificent scope

[MortonH]

That would bug me as well. Maybe to calm yourself you can take a nice drive in your Ferrary.

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Originally Posted by MortonH

That would bug me as well. Maybe to calm yourself you can take a nice drive in your Ferrary.

Maybe I can paint my Mazda 3 red

[MortonH]

Check if the lettering comes off. It might be one of Lewis's Skywatchers underneath.

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

They got it right here .
Sorry Laurie had to post this . .

Brian.

[AG Hybrid (Adrian)]

I'm sorry revel in your misery. But, that is actually pretty damn funny! How much was it again?

[Steffen]

Originally Posted by brian nordstrom

They got it right here .
Sorry Laurie had to post this . .

Brian.

But the choice of font makes it even worse

Cheers
Steffen.

[AG Hybrid (Adrian)]

Originally Posted by Steffen

But the choice of font makes it even worse

Cheers
Steffen.

The only font worst is probably Comic Sans. Or maybe Dingbat.

[MortonH]

Originally Posted by AG Hybrid

I'm sorry revel in your misery. But, that is actually pretty damn funny! How much was it again?

Adrian might be onto something here.

Let's see, "Takahashi Super Apochromat" should have 24 letters, but there is one missing.

Price of scope at AEC = $5,415.

Refund for missing letter = $5,415 / 24 = $225.

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Just had a look at other photos on IIS-looks like they all have the same spelling mistake.
I guess I was the first to notice!

[Steffen]

Takashi should have a world-wide recall

But thanks Laurie for posting this, it made my afternoon and inspired me to waste half an hour on engrish.com...

Cheers
Steffen.

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Originally Posted by Steffen

Takashi should have a world-wide recall

But thanks Laurie for posting this, it made my afternoon and inspired me to waste half an hour on engrish.com...

Cheers
Steffen.

My pleasure, Steffen!
I just sent an email to Takahashi pointing out the problem

[Kunama]

Here .......... Stick this on it you fussy bugger !!!

H

(I saw it when I got the TSA120 but just assumed it was made in Romania where the 'h' isn't used)

[Kunama]

I see that my FS128 comes with the factory installed 'h' so maybe to get the TSA120 down to a reasonable weight they had to make sacrifices.
I note also that some Tak scopes come with graffiti on them