Optima lens for reds

[danielbriggs]

aah! here it is

Thanks; you are a gentleman and a scholar.

[LaNeK779]

I can forward you a lens if you need to test anything

I had bought a number of lenses and dave's lens barrels (the barrels for the 405-g-2 won't cut it) because i thought i would start a 12x LOC build
This never even begun to happen, so i have employed 4 of these in a quad, in my current rgb projector.
Then, i got caught up in the mitsu grail thingy and the remaining lenses have seen no use at all.

I was saving them for a mega 445 build, but as time passes i get more realistic...

[andy_con]

If U wana sell 4 with retainers pm me

[danielbriggs]

I can forward you a lens if you need to test anything

A mega offer Sir.
Would you say they are any significant improvement over the o-likes? I have a bajillion of those in there at the moment, and just wondered if I could squeeze a little improvement out of the stacking arrangement.

I was saving them for a mega 445 build

I'll race you!

[planters]

I am doing a build that will use some M 445s and I have both types of lens. I'll try a side by side this weekend and see if the Optimas beat the O-like.

[LaNeK779]

I'll race you!

I think you will get an easy victory. i am not going to start building it as it seems. I have no use for it

What would you mean by "significant improvement?" Less power losses, that is for sure. A much thinner stripe nearfiled, yes, that is granted aswell.
I believe that these lenses (or the 405-g-2 of course) coupled with lasertack's prisms will be mega

I am being overly lazy these days. I have 405-g-2, optima and o-like half threaded here, but the time being summer and the place being sunny and mediteranean it is hard to stay in the shed, while it is 35C outside and I am a half hour drive from the beach.

But we'd better let sir planters get on with his testing and discuss his results. Mysteriously, i trust his findings more than mine

[planters]

So I just keep humping along in my mountaintop lair while you work on fine tuning your tan? How's it in Britten? Oh well... I hear rumblings... better go feed the the troll.

[LaNeK779]

So I just keep humping along in my mountaintop lair while you work on fine tuning your tan?

i will get some work done, i promise. it is just that there is too much distraction all over...

[planters]

Speaking of distractions, how does it really stand now in Greece? What do you think the next year will actually look like? Our general information sources here in the US are just advocates for one group or another and online there is so much chatter.

[danielbriggs]

What would you mean by "significant improvement?"

Super-PM sent