siteings
22-July-2008, 04:35 AM
has any have any coments onthe vixen scopes
Kaptain K
22-July-2008, 05:32 PM
Which ones? Vixen makes a wide range of scopes. Some, almost anybody can afford. Some might make Bill Gates flinch!
01101001
22-July-2008, 06:46 PM
I'd never heard of them, but I don't shop telescopes.
Just snooping, I did run into a really weird semi-anime logo or mascot, though, on the page that says Vixen has moved (http://www.vixen-global.com/).
It's like a reindeer -- I suppose it's the one named Vixen. But, this Vixen has a big red nose, like that late-joiner Rudolph. This is disturbing.
Oh, yeah, at the moved Vixen :: About Vixen (http://www.vixen.co.jp/English/co-info_e.html), they explain the Santa Claus connection. "The company, Vixen Co., Ltd., is named after the reindeer, the messenger of happiness."
I would have named the company after a female fox. Or a tempermental woman. Or a Russ Meyer film. No, cancel that last one.
So what's she doing with Rudolph's nose? Nah, I don't really want to know.
Back to telescopes. Yes, that is quite a large line. Something for everybody. What's your target, siteings?
kookbreaker
23-July-2008, 12:15 AM
While well made, Vixen telescopes are rather finicky and sometimes prone to having disappointing optics at times. The real trouble starts when you try to attach a camera or another part and it turns into a five-attachments-on-my-refractor nightmare.
For a while, Orion was the exclusive seller of Vixens. People moaned about it being a monopoly and when Orion gave up the franchise the prices stayed exactly the same. There really were not many sales in such high-end refractors.
Once China started producing lower-cost Apos, Vixen's lost a lot of their scope cred.