ULtraphot III

[wilash]

I thought someone my be interested in knowing an Ultraphot III is up for auction on ebay in the business and industrial section.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 77998&rd=1

[piotr]

Beautiful!...

Good for somebody with a huge basement.

[twebster]

My wife has banned me from eBay until the Ultraphot is sold

[Guest]

I would not get too excited by that Ultraphot. I had one for several years - a real back breaker (it weighs more than 150 pounds). The beam splitter for an outboard camera is either all or nothing, unlike the Photomic series which is split 30/70. It also it takes a ton of desk space. In my opinion the Photomicroscope or Universal with filter train and Optovar is a much more practical scope then the Ultraphot. Mind you the Ultra will definitely impress friends and neighbours!

[micron]

The last comment is mine - missed the login step!

[nephiliim]

My wife has banned me from eBay until the Ultraphot is sold

Bwahahahahahahahahaha, glad I'm not maried, to bad I don't have that amount of money.

[wilash]

I would not get too excited by that Ultraphot. I had one for several years - a real back breaker (it weighs more than 150 pounds). The beam splitter for an outboard camera is either all or nothing, unlike the Photomic series which is split 30/70. It also it takes a ton of desk space. In my opinion the Photomicroscope or Universal with filter train and Optovar is a much more practical scope then the Ultraphot. Mind you the Ultra will definitely impress friends and neighbours!

So you are saying this would not make a good field scope? Not even with casters and a fork-lift truck? But it comes with the desk!

I don't think I would ever buy one, but it is a beauty. The curves are poetry. I think modern scopes lost something when they started modeling everything on a box.

[wilash]

Well, it went for $2,350. Is that a good price? I don't know much about prices for old scopes.