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Kiwi Nick
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Re: LX90...LX200...LX400......What's the Difference?
07/09/08 06:03 PM
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lx90 cheapest of the 3 slightly smaller slightly less accurate ..used to be same ota(glass) as the lx200
come in a f10 ratio
I have the 8" of this series and it's been a lot of fun.
I really like it, it's more than repaid the money I shelled out for it in terms of views and adventure.
Very portable, good optics but for astrophotography it does suffer from the shakes with the smaller forks.
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lx200 used to be meades main showboat..more accurate drives
is the biggest diff. comes in many versions
-classic (older circa 2000)availible in a f10 or some have f6.3 for photo work older style controller.
I have never owned any of the classic range but I have read and heard a lot of good things about them being solid performers.
These came out well before the LX90 options.
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-lx200 gps ..has gps, and a mirror lock, different controller, and plastic gears.
I adore my 14", it's a step up into the big league and it gives views I only dreamed of through the LX90 8".
There's a very cheap Petersen kit I recommend to change out the plastic gears for brass.
The forks are big and strong and the wobble factor is significantly reduced compared to the LX90 I have and the 14" is definitely a two man lift.
It's seriously heavy, even with Petersen handles.
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-lx200r meades newest lx, great accuracy flatter field still f10 ..uhtc coated optics an option
then you have the rcx line which are the latest tech as far as carbon fiber tubes built in dew heater, colimnate via controller. f7 suppose to have a flat field. But I don't know much 1st hand knowledge
I have no knowledge about the new Meades series other than what I read.
Some folk have a great time with them, others have looooong tales of woe about bugs etc.
Frankly, for the kind of money they are asking I've been too scared to give them a go so I have sent my astro hobby budget in different areas of the hobby and the next scope will be a refractor piggy back rather than an upgrade in the Meade series.
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LX90
LX200GPS 14"
Denk II's and P+S
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