Return to the Cloudy Nights Telescope Reviews home page

Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums

Privacy Policy | Please read our Terms of Service | Signup and Troubleshooting FAQ | Problems? PM a Red or a Green Gu.... uh, User

Announcements and News >> Discussion of CN Articles, Reviews, and Reports

Tom TrusockAdministrator

*****

Reged: 02/26/02
Posts: 27297
Loc: Alternate Reality (TM)
Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH
      07/25/08 09:41 AM

Quote:

Sounds OK... but it's probably not for everyone. Personally, I don't care for the green view that these devices provide. A while back Gary and I spent a good bit of time using his I3 in my 25. I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to use one, and determined that it's not for me.




I too tend to prefer the "naturally aspirated" views, but there's no denying that these: 1) allow you to see more than you would otherwise, 2) present a completely different version, and 3) cut through light pollution.

These is more appealing to me than something like the Mallincam because of the ability to use it in real time. Not only is it a live view, you don't need a tracking mount.

If at all possible, I would suggest a try before you buy approach with this - although honestly - that's not probably going to be all that possible. They ARE trying to get units around to the major star parties tho, so if you do that circuit, you just may get a chance.

T

--------------------
There are two theories to arguing with my wife. Neither one works.

Post Extras Print Post   Remind Me!     Notify Moderator

Entire thread
Subject Posted by Posted on
* CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH Tom TrusockAdministrator 07/24/08 09:47 AM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH Peter Argenziano   07/24/08 11:57 PM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH Tom TrusockAdministrator   07/25/08 09:41 AM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH Glassthrower   07/25/08 10:58 AM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH Larry F   07/25/08 01:56 PM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH Tom TrusockAdministrator   07/25/08 02:46 PM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH Larry F   07/25/08 04:03 PM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH ScottAz   07/25/08 04:18 PM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH Mogster   07/25/08 03:22 PM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH StarStuff1   07/25/08 03:54 PM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH Tom TrusockAdministrator   07/25/08 03:58 PM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH Michael Miles   07/25/08 11:32 AM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH Tom TrusockAdministrator   11/11/08 12:22 PM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH Delmeteor   08/06/08 11:55 AM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH BrendanF   08/06/08 04:14 PM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH Tom TrusockAdministrator   08/06/08 04:16 PM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH MikeV   08/09/08 01:11 PM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH mytheus   09/18/08 02:14 PM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH StephenH   10/13/08 10:49 PM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH JimP   07/25/08 11:34 AM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH Tom TrusockAdministrator   07/25/08 12:00 PM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH AstroWheels   07/25/08 04:12 PM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH Tom TrusockAdministrator   07/25/08 04:18 PM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH kfred   07/25/08 12:03 AM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH StarStuff1   07/25/08 12:23 AM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH Jeff Morgan   07/24/08 02:29 PM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH JimP   07/24/08 10:48 AM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH bcuddihee   07/24/08 11:14 AM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH Wes James   07/24/08 01:18 PM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH David Parmet   07/24/08 02:03 PM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH DavidWasch   07/24/08 02:25 PM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH Bradley B   07/24/08 02:32 PM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH highfnum   07/24/08 02:35 PM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH Tom TrusockAdministrator   07/24/08 03:15 PM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH rodb   07/25/08 05:29 PM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH Larry F   07/25/08 06:47 PM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH BrendanF   07/25/08 07:50 PM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH Tom TrusockAdministrator   07/25/08 08:33 PM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH BrendanF   07/28/08 01:29 AM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH Deep13   07/28/08 08:43 AM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH Tom TrusockAdministrator   07/28/08 09:23 AM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH JAB   07/29/08 08:18 AM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH Gerard   07/26/08 06:32 AM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH Tom TrusockAdministrator   07/26/08 07:43 AM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH Deep13   07/26/08 01:22 PM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH Don Allen   07/26/08 06:34 PM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH Tom TrusockAdministrator   07/26/08 08:43 PM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH Craig Smith   07/27/08 12:44 AM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH john smith   07/27/08 06:48 AM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH Tom TrusockAdministrator   07/27/08 11:08 AM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH StarStuff1   07/27/08 12:38 PM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH PEterW   07/27/08 03:34 PM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH longfocus   07/24/08 04:04 PM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH Tom TrusockAdministrator   07/24/08 04:34 PM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH DavidWasch   07/24/08 09:24 PM
. * Re: CN Report: The Denkmeier BIPH Tom TrusockAdministrator   07/24/08 09:34 PM

Extra information
5 registered and 10 anonymous users are browsing this forum.

Moderator:  asaint, spaceydee 



Forum Permissions
      You cannot start new topics
      You cannot reply to topics
      HTML is disabled
      UBBCode is enabled

Rating:
Thread views: 2606


Jump to

Home



Cloudy Nights Sponsor: Astronomics