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Re: Zhumells from hell

Steve — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:52:30 GMT

Hi Phil, I am not giving up with binos, just Zhumell. I already have a pair of Nikon 10x50's that I love. Just finished up with binoculars.com and they are

Re: Zhumells from hell

Myamiphil — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:07:23 GMT

Dont give up.. The views in binocs are great.. I have a meade ETX90 too...but Im looking forward to views in the binocs too.... I got my binocs from

Re: Zhumells from hell

Randy Delung — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:49:35 GMT

Thats to bad. I have been happy with the Meade binoc's that I have. They came in a really nice case also. Randy ... From: Steve

Zhumells from hell

Steve — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:51:51 GMT

Hi guys. Thought this needed to be posted for others. About 8 months ago I purchased a pair of Zhumell 25x100's from binoculars.com. Got them in short time.

Re: First surface mirror question

Steve — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:23:46 GMT

Sweet setup Randy. Looks like you took your time on this one. Did you take notes on this one? Maybe put it on a site ofr other people to see and do? just a

Re: First surface mirror question

Randy Delung — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:59:37 GMT

Steve, I have 1/4 in 8x10 glass. My Binoc's are Orion 15x70 "Explorer" My latest mirror mount pics. are on the web site. Take a look, and tell me what you

Re: MIrror mounts and covering

Steve — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:13:46 GMT

Hi Phil, When I talked to Dr. Clay about cleaning the telescope. First question he asked "does it limit your viewing?" If no then DONT clean. He was really

Re: MIrror mounts and covering

Myamiphil — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:53:37 GMT

Hi Steve... Excellent website, just killed an hour or so going thru it!! lol... THe cleaning info is great, better than I found although very similar! I have a

Re: First surface mirror question

Myamiphil — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:05:15 GMT

Ill look at some bright stars with mine binocs... 11x80s.(Oberwerks) They should be sharp no matter what. Did you buy the thin glass? Mine is the 1/4"

Re: First surface mirror question

Steve — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:29:42 GMT

Hi Randy, I am not sure why. What binos are you using? Also how thick is the mirror you bought. It seems that the thin mirrors cause more diffractions. I

Re: First surface mirror question

Randy Delung — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:46:17 GMT

Hi Steve, I purchased a mirror from fsmirror and seem to have spikes also. Any ideas why? I was under the belief that possibly astigmatism was the

Re: MIrror mounts and covering

Steve — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:57:07 GMT

Hi phil, Claening is a tough thing to do. Had to do it to my 8" scope a while back. Bird pooped on it. COuld have killed him if i saw him. Anyway I recently

Re: MIrror mounts and covering

Myamiphil — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:50:39 GMT

You cont want anything to touch it. The surface scratches easily.... Im thinkikng of a piece of Formica..... THe mirror will but depressed into the wood.. I

Re: MIrror mounts and covering

Steve — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:12:44 GMT

How about wrapping it in a chammy or something? --- In ... to ... or ... a ... etc.)

MIrror mounts and covering

Phil — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:40:51 GMT

Does anyone cover their mirror when not in use? I don't want mine to get dirty and scratched. Im thinking of using a piece of masonite or thin plastic, with a