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Quark mod into combo

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hello

Did anyone already looks how to mod a quark into combo?

Andover 656.3 Å 1 nm would most probably be needed, but how to remove telecentric?


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The telecentric just unscrews off the back...


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Mark
are you talking about that little ring that holds that reflective lens
or the whole black unit


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Regular Quark will work like a Combo (or even better) if to use it with 0,5x reducer.


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Yeah, the whole black lens assembly just unscrews out of the quark body.


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"Regular Quark will work like a Combo (or even better) if to use it with 0,5x reducer."
Yes Valery I have tried this and it works well
but what would screwing off the lens assembly do for you? (its a different approach)


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Mark - still not precise enough
is the whole black part attached to the upper red part removed or
the inner 1.25 inch black stem?


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highfnum wrote:Mark - still not precise enough
is the whole black part attached to the upper red part removed or
the inner 1.25 inch black stem?
No! All what is before the red cylinder is removed. Only red cylinder and 1.25" visual back remain in use.


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thx Valery

Mark -- request was not to be a negative - its just me being very careful not to destroy item

but what would be advantage of doing this?


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I know John, no worries ;)


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Re: Quark mod into combo

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once more do we remove the black lens
or remove the black lens + add a 0.5 reducer
or add a 0.5 reducer in front of quark

If we talk about the 3rd option, I tried : picture of the sun is nice but full of dust and picture of kind of broken piece of glass. I mean there is superpositoin of a focus sun + focus dust fromthe quark...


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