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I figured it had to do with mirrors in the second telescope and vampires don't show up in mirrors, but found it kind of dumb and contrived. Meh.
 
Atheos said:
Personally I think there's a technical error in how it was drawn that makes the joke a lot less obvious than it would otherwise be. With all the other attention to detail I'm surprised Phillips overlooked the viewing angle for the equipment suggested.
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Compact telephoto lenses are designed that way, so it didn't hinder me.
 
Atheos said:
Personally I think there's a technical error in how it was drawn that makes the joke a lot less obvious than it would otherwise be. With all the other attention to detail I'm surprised Phillips overlooked the viewing angle for the equipment suggested.
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While a reflector usually has a side viewing position that is because that's more convenient for the user. It's quite possible to have a reflector where the light comes out the end rather than the side. Off the top of my head: https://www.amazon.com/Nikon-Reflex-Nikkor-Manual-Digital-Cameras/dp/B00006I5J6 Compare it to the refractor version: https://www.amazon.com/Nikon-500mm-Telephoto-Format-Digital/dp/B000VDCT14/ref=sr_1_1. 20x the price, 2.5x the weight and you get autofocus (which is both light and cheap, it's that when the first lens was released you couldn't autofocus at f/8) and 2 stops.
 
Loren Pechtel said:
Atheos said:
Personally I think there's a technical error in how it was drawn that makes the joke a lot less obvious than it would otherwise be. With all the other attention to detail I'm surprised Phillips overlooked the viewing angle for the equipment suggested.
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While a reflector usually has a side viewing position that is because that's more convenient for the user. It's quite possible to have a reflector where the light comes out the end rather than the side. Off the top of my head: https://www.amazon.com/Nikon-Reflex-Nikkor-Manual-Digital-Cameras/dp/B00006I5J6 Compare it to the refractor version: https://www.amazon.com/Nikon-500mm-Telephoto-Format-Digital/dp/B000VDCT14/ref=sr_1_1. 20x the price, 2.5x the weight and you get autofocus (which is both light and cheap, it's that when the first lens was released you couldn't autofocus at f/8) and 2 stops.
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The telescope still needs to point at the object it's operator wishes to observe.

Of course, nothing in the cartoon says that the vampire in the background is the one the aliens are discussing.

I am sure that the joke will only get funnier the more we analyse it.
 
Loren Pechtel said:
Atheos said:
Personally I think there's a technical error in how it was drawn that makes the joke a lot less obvious than it would otherwise be. With all the other attention to detail I'm surprised Phillips overlooked the viewing angle for the equipment suggested.
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While a reflector usually has a side viewing position that is because that's more convenient for the user. It's quite possible to have a reflector where the light comes out the end rather than the side. Off the top of my head: https://www.amazon.com/Nikon-Reflex-Nikkor-Manual-Digital-Cameras/dp/B00006I5J6 Compare it to the refractor version: https://www.amazon.com/Nikon-500mm-Telephoto-Format-Digital/dp/B000VDCT14/ref=sr_1_1. 20x the price, 2.5x the weight and you get autofocus (which is both light and cheap, it's that when the first lens was released you couldn't autofocus at f/8) and 2 stops.
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That's the type of lens I was referring to in my post. They've been around for about 75 years.
 
Keith&Co. said:
SLD said:
But I still don’t understand the need to make it about vampires.
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There are other supernatural creatures which reportedly don't show up in mirrors, but the joke would get even more obscure very quickly.
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Duh. I’m such an idiot. I was thinking of the aperture. With a large Schmidt Cassegrain, you’re looking at a smaller field of view and magnified so much more. So you wouldn’t see but a small part of the object and thus not recognize what it was.
 
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hurtinbuckaroo said:
Loren Pechtel said:
Atheos said:
Personally I think there's a technical error in how it was drawn that makes the joke a lot less obvious than it would otherwise be. With all the other attention to detail I'm surprised Phillips overlooked the viewing angle for the equipment suggested.
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While a reflector usually has a side viewing position that is because that's more convenient for the user. It's quite possible to have a reflector where the light comes out the end rather than the side. Off the top of my head: https://www.amazon.com/Nikon-Reflex-Nikkor-Manual-Digital-Cameras/dp/B00006I5J6 Compare it to the refractor version: https://www.amazon.com/Nikon-500mm-Telephoto-Format-Digital/dp/B000VDCT14/ref=sr_1_1. 20x the price, 2.5x the weight and you get autofocus (which is both light and cheap, it's that when the first lens was released you couldn't autofocus at f/8) and 2 stops.
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That's the type of lens I was referring to in my post. They've been around for about 75 years.
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I was showing practical examples of the two types of lenses to compare.
 
Angry Floof said:
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That's dumb. Scientologists don't go door to door asking people to talk about scientology. You're thinking of Jehovah's Witnesses or some other strain of evangelical Christians. Scientologists prefer accosting people in downtown areas offering a free film or free personality test.
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And they never mention Scientology, either, in my experience. That would scare off many potential suckers converts.
 
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