Overall Rating: No Vote
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Date: 11/01/2002 12:00:13 am PST
By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.220.8)
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>Great scope for the money. Comes with alot of extras like an extra eyepiece, a dual-axis motor drive, and a moon filter.
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>I'm just a beginner, but the views from the scope seem very sharp (haven't had the chance to get spoiled by looking thru a top of the line scope yet). 
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>A couple of negatives. The clips inside the stem of the slow-motion control knobs began to break almost immediately and made 1 of them useless. To their credit though, Konus replaced it free of charge. Also, one of the locking screws on the base of the mount was so bent it couldn't be turned. I can't be certain if I did it or it came that way. I managed to open the base and straighten the screw myself. If I was unable to fix it, Konus was willing to replace the mount base for me.
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>I've had this scope for over 4 months now, and I'm still very satisfied with it.

i just purchased this scope used on the AM. And I can tell you it has excellent optics. 1/6th wave. Very smooth. The images MATCH my 8" Zambuto starsplitter tube on Saturn. The images are also much whiter than the SS. Slightly dimmer stars are noticed. Just as sharp as the SS. I also notice that this scope has a very smooth focuser, and the finder is second in sharpness only to my previous Tak 7x50!!! This is the 3rd Synta 8" scope I've checked out, and all 3 had premium figured mirrors. Two f 6 8" dobs had virtually perfect star tests with excellent spherical correction. 

Bernie