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Dreamish
02-14-2009, 12:15 PM
The cheapest achromat you can get.
Use a 3-9x56mm rifle scope.
TAke out the objective lens.
And this one has approximately the same power as SGPro's achromat.
The lens diameter=56mm.
And the coating is nice too...

http://cgi.ebay.com/3-9x56-Rifle-gun-Scope-R-G-crosshair-Mounts_W0QQitemZ320334982891QQihZ011QQcategoryZ730 7QQssPageNameZWD2VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1 638Q2em122

Justin Kuhn
02-14-2009, 02:22 PM
Very intriguing. Do you have pictures of this rig? Footage from it?

Dreamish
02-15-2009, 11:23 AM
I gonna craft a spinning adapter and use these type of achromat this week.
Then I will post some footage here.

Attic6
02-22-2009, 01:17 AM
rad! i wonder if you can make a 2x adaptor from a scope... hmmm