WO Megrez 110!

[GordonCopestake]

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/William-Optics/message/13288

I wonder how much this is gonna cost over here?

[MartinB]

Hmm, now that might tempt me away from my ED80!!

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

About £1398.00 plus VAT? :shock:

About the same as the ED120 or thereabouts isn't it?

I'm quite glad that I've never even seen an APO refractor, they seem quite pricey.

Captain Chaos

[anthony]

Ahhhh

i can't see it. Something to do with a cookie. That is funny as I have no trouble logging into my usual yahoo account. Any details. Is this a proposed scope, or is it on sale now? Any other links?

Anthony

[GordonCopestake]

£850!

http://www.iankingimaging.com/

[Greg]

Review in Febs S&N... 8)

Hang on It's the FLT110 that has the review in the mag...

[John]

£850!

http://www.iankingimaging.com/

:shock: Just £50 more than I paid for my Megrez 90 (though that included a 2inch dielectic diagonal) - no wonder there's a chap trying to sell his 90 for £850 on Astro Buy & Sell, though somehow I doubt he'll get that now.

I can't see the 90's going back up to their "original" price either - I wonder if WO ever really intended to do that

John

[GordonCopestake]

the 110 will go up in price after the "introductionary offer" but it gives some idea as to how all APO's are falling in price. It's not something you buy as a financial investment i think.

That being said it's a nice scope

[John]

The William Optics range is getting quite confusing - the Ian King web site lists a number of 110mm WO apo scopes ranging from £850 to £2,000 - the main differences between them are the optics I think - are we entering an era of apo's and super-apo's I wonder ?

John

[GordonCopestake]

the level of correction certainly pushes the price up. However personally I cannot tell the difference between a £10,000 tak and a £2000 WO, others can but I can't. It's the old 80/20 rule tbh.

I'de like a nice 110 f/6 ED doublet in a nice tube for cheap.... oh wait... thats the 110 megrez! Although it's still a little expensive for my blood atm

[MartinB]

the level of correction certainly pushes the price up. However personally I cannot tell the difference between a £10,000 tak and a £2000 WO, others can but I can't. It's the old 80/20 rule tbh.

An interesting article here comparing Extremely expensive apos with the merely expensive http://www.cloudynights.com/item.php?item_id=506

[John]

Looking at the blurb on the WO web site, the Megrez 110 is described as having a 2 element, air spaced, ED objective lens wheras the Megrez 90 has an air spaced, FPL-53 doublet.

I wonder if the 110 objective is made using a lower cost ED glass than FPL-53 ? - or are WO just sloppy in the way they describe their specifications ?.

John

[GazOC]

May be I'm a cynic but if they havn't specified 53 then it's probably 51?

[AndyH]

Been on to the W.O. yahoo groups and the general consensus is that it IS FPL-51 is one of the glasses. One member states a confirmation of this from W.O. themselves.

Still should be a fine performer tho and at the intro price of £850 a bit of a bargain, especially when it includes cnc rings and the usual W.O. hard case. If I wasn't so rooked for dosh I'd be very tempted.

Andy.

[John]

Thats interesting. A brief report comparing the WO ZS80 FD (which uses a doublet with an FPL-53 element) and the new Meade 80mm Apo (a triplet incorporating glass similar to FPL-51) has just gone onto Astromart. Not much difference between them according to the reviewer - despite the Meade's slightly shorter focal length. Shows that FPL-53 and Flourite are not the "be all and end all" of a good apochromats.

John