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Darren Drake Carpal Tunnel Registered: 10/9/2002 Posts: 2511 so cool! Wed Dec 14, 2005 10:11am

Glassthrower Vendor - Galactic Stone & Ironworks Registered: 4/7/2005 Posts: 17991 Nice vintage glass. How are the images? Clear dark skies... MikeG Sat Nov 4, 2006 10:40am

TimD Pooh-Bah Registered: 2/16/2005 Posts: 1393 How are the views? Fri Aug 28, 2009 2:23am

Stellarfire Pooh-Bah Registered: 7/10/2011 Posts: 1044 I like those vintage Zeiss! Sun Nov 27, 2011 4:01am

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