[Lvas] My Rant

[Douglas Phillipson]

Fred, it is I that owe you the apology for the "refrigerator art" 
comment that offended you so much.  I humbly ask for your forgiveness.  
Yes I'm into "Video Assisted" astronomy.  I sold Rob my gear, his 
Mallincam.  The Mallincam is extremely simple to use and after buying 3 
different scopes over the years, an 8" C8, a 15 Inch Discovery Dob, for 
sale by the way, and a 10" Meade, I was wholly disappointed in what I 
could see through the eyepiece.  Then I discovered the Mallincam.  It 
opened up a whole new world for me.  I could effectively see stuff on a 
screen, in full color, without having to adjust focus for each 
individuals eyes.  I could show 100 people many things in just a few 
minutes at star parties, whereas through the eyepiece they would say 
things like "Well I think I see it, is it that fuzzy thing"?  I got REAL 
tired of that.  The Mallincam's technology overcame the aperture fever I 
was badly experiencing.  So I still don't understand why people "Draw" 
stuff when they can actually experience the real pictures themselves.  A 
scope large enough to see what I can see through the Mallincam would 
cost 30,000 bucks and I probably still would not see any color in the 
object!  I was looking for something inexpensive, relatively, to 
overcome that darn fever.  I assume we are all in this hobby to see as 
much as we can, and the public likes those "Hubble like" color pics, for 
sure.  So the Mallincan is the best of both worlds, low cost and Hubble 
like results.  So I am genuinely sorry if I offended you, but Video 
assisted astronomy is absolutely the way to go if you want to see more 
that faint fuzzies, color in your objects, real structure in galaxies, 
not have to use averted vision to "almost" see something and keep the 
cost to a minimum.  I for one want to see as much as I can, why limit 
myself to the eyepiece when such cool and inexpensive tools are available?

Best regards

Douglas Phillipson




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