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Bausch & Lomb 4000

I bought mine used with a cracked corrector plate (!!!) on EBay for $50. Fork mount and drive base work fine and are in pristine condition. I replaced the corrector plate (myself!!!) with a used Tokina 105mm multi-coated UV filter (!!!) as I was desperately trying to restore it to somewhat usable order. I figured that I would have nothing to lose if the "modification" did not work. The view turned out OK (!!!) when I pointed the scope at Mars last week - obvious undercorrection but nevertheless the Martian disk is bright and quite contrasty. After tweaking with the collimation I was able to use over 100X with acceptable results. A surprise considering the total cost ($65.00) I spent and the total lack of technical considerations that had gone into the "optical transplantation". As it turns out my little Criterion 4000 now performs pretty "healthy" in comparison to several other quality 80mm achromats my friend owns.

Overall Rating: 8
Weight: 3 (Unreliable Vote)
Date: 08/16/2001 08:25:57 am PST
By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.105.176)
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