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clayton61
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Reged: 10/29/12

Lunt engineering comes through ,good for me. new

#5629024 - 01/17/13 10:35 PM

Kudos to lunt with great customer service.long story short I ordered a lunt ed80 after viewing thru it I noticed that stars brighter than fourth or fifth magnatuide was spiking and flaring like crazy,called lunt,told them the problem, they told me to send it to them ,they would either fix it or replace the lens well they told me that the lens had a issue so they would send me a new scope, it arrived today.I made a quick star test and this scope is performing a lot better stars come to complete points brighter ones just have tiny crosses in focus ,it also has better color correction .Thank you,Lunt you saved the day.

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Jon Isaacs
Postmaster

Reged: 06/16/04

Loc: San Diego and Boulevard, CA

Re: Lunt engineering comes through ,good for me. new

[Re: clayton61]
#5629165 - 01/18/13 12:03 AM

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Kudos to lunt with great customer service.long story short I ordered a lunt ed80 after viewing thru it I noticed that stars brighter than fourth or fifth magnatuide was spiking and flaring like crazy,called lunt,told them the problem, they told me to send it to them ,they would either fix it or replace the lens well they told me that the lens had a issue so they would send me a new scope, it arrived today.I made a quick star test and this scope is performing a lot better stars come to complete points brighter ones just have tiny crosses in focus ,it also has better color correction .Thank you,Lunt you saved the day.

Jon

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dennilfloss
member

Reged: 01/06/13

Loc: Ottawa, Canada

Re: Lunt engineering comes through ,good for me. new

[Re: Jon Isaacs]
#5629196 - 01/18/13 12:28 AM

Excellent. Glad you got good service.

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Erik Bakker
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 08/10/06

Loc: The Netherlands, Europe

Re: Lunt engineering comes through ,good for me. new

[Re: clayton61]
#5629285 - 01/18/13 02:38 AM

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stars come to complete points brighter ones just have tiny crosses in focus

Tiny crosses in focus is a sign of an astigmatic lens, which is NOT good.

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dennilfloss
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Reged: 01/06/13

Loc: Ottawa, Canada

Re: Lunt engineering comes through ,good for me. new

[Re: Erik Bakker]
#5629294 - 01/18/13 02:57 AM

*newb question* Could it be pinched optics?

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clayton61
member

Reged: 10/29/12

Re: Lunt engineering comes through ,good for me. new

[Re: Erik Bakker]
#5629485 - 01/18/13 08:43 AM

Could be my eyesight as I am over 50yrs old.

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Jon Isaacs
Postmaster

Reged: 06/16/04

Loc: San Diego and Boulevard, CA

Re: Lunt engineering comes through ,good for me. new

[Re: clayton61]
#5629630 - 01/18/13 10:25 AM

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Could be my eyesight as I am over 50yrs old.

Clayton:

Are you seeing the crosses at low magnifications or at high magnifications. If you see them at low magnifications, it is probably your eyes, if you see them at at high magnifications, it is probably the optics.

Jon

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Thomas Karpf
Pooh-Bah

Reged: 02/09/09

Loc: Newington, CT

Re: Lunt engineering comes through ,good for me. new

[Re: clayton61]
#5629868 - 01/18/13 12:22 PM

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Could be my eyesight as I am over 50yrs old.

Unfortunately, I definitely have that problem as well.

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Binojunky
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 12/25/10

Re: Lunt engineering comes through ,good for me. new

[Re: Thomas Karpf]
#5630011 - 01/18/13 02:07 PM

I see stars as crosses in my left eye, my right is lot better, however I try to use long eye relief eyepieces and keep my specs on,DA.

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clayton61
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Reged: 10/29/12

Re: Lunt engineering comes through ,good for me. new

[Re: Jon Isaacs]
#5630364 - 01/18/13 06:25 PM

Low power ,drats.

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Jon Isaacs
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Reged: 06/16/04

Loc: San Diego and Boulevard, CA

Re: Lunt engineering comes through ,good for me. new

[Re: clayton61]
#5630400 - 01/18/13 06:59 PM

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Low power ,drats.

If you see crosses in the center of the field at low powers, it suggests you have some astigmatism at large exit pupils when you are using your entire eye lens. At higher magnifications the exit pupil is smaller and you are the central portion of the eye's lens and the astigmatism is reduced and then disappears.

I have recently begun to notice those tiny crosses at the largest exit pupils, I am 64...

Jon

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RogerRZ
Whatta you lookin' at?

Reged: 01/09/06

Loc: West Collette, NB, Canada

Re: Lunt engineering comes through ,good for me. new

[Re: Jon Isaacs]
#5631082 - 01/19/13 06:10 AM

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Quote:

Low power ,drats.

I have recently begun to notice those tiny crosses at the largest exit pupils, I am 64...

Jon

I did at 35...

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Binojunky
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 12/25/10

Re: Lunt engineering comes through ,good for me. [Re: RogerRZ]
#5631458 - 01/19/13 12:10 PM

60 yrs for me, to think a few decades ago I was a "Steely Eyed Killer" in the RAF, now if I kick my clogs they will lay off half my local drug store employees, getting old sucks,DA.

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