Re: AS&S MF lenses

[Paul Talbot <ptww@xxxxxxxxx>]

Robert Thorpe wrote:
 
> Maybe someone on this list will 'fess up. I bought a pair of the
> 40x80 Achros that AS&S was selling just a few months ago. At the
> time I asked them how many more they had left. They said a couple
> of hundred.

>From the experiences Alan and I have had with them, the
number they tell you they have left is completely unreliable.

> From recent postings, I gather that they are all gone,
> that the SaturnScopes are using a different lens now

As I understand it, the SaturnSlide viewer used to have 40x84
lense.  The only 40x80 that I've heard about came from Edmunds.
Alan's SaturnScope for viewing stereocards uses very different
lenses, I believe.

> and that even
> that one may be in short supply.

The stock numbers we got from AS&S dropped in half in a
short time.  When I later placed an order for not quite
50% of their claimed stock on hand as of the moment I
ordered, they weren't able to ship as many as I ordered
(and many of what they shipped were unusable).  When I
called and asked why I got so few, the computer then
showed zero in stock.  They went out and physically
confirmed the lenses were all gone.  I don't know whether
that means they have a problem with inventory walking away,
or just sloppy accounting.

Paul Talbot