Comments by "Spring Bloom" (@springbloom5940) on "Incredible telescope for under £100" video.

  1. Parents are the gatekeepers and they're incompetent at it. The death knell of millions of tiny, potential nerds 'We will just get this cheap one, to see if you are even going to stick with it'. 15 years later, its $10 at a garage sale, still in the box. When I was shopping for a microscope for my nephew, I went to an optics shop and looked at some new budget scopes and then shocked the entire staff - I asked to see some used ones and some slides to view. I ended up getting a scuffed up 70s Boreal lab scope, like I used in highschool. Same price as the new 'budget' scope and handily outperformed it in every aspect but the paintjob.
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  2. That 60mm lens has substantially more clear aperture than those short 76s and no diffraction. So, it shouldn't be surprising that those tiny newts perform so poorly. Ive used some impressive 76s, but they were all f8 - f10
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