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Question for Astra users
From: Greg R_
Date: 2012 May 20, 23:38 -0700
From: Greg R_
Date: 2012 May 20, 23:38 -0700
Occasionally when pulling down a sun shot, I'll get an unfiltered "blast" of it through the 'scope while moving the index arm through a lower angle towards the actual angle above the horizon (seems to happen more often with higher-altitude shots like we get in the summer, maybe because there's more arc to travel through to get to the final angle). Based on the optical path, I'm guessing that it's probably reflecting off the top of the index shade assembly but I haven't been able to confirm that yet. Has anyone else noticed this, and if so what's the fix (if any) for it? Dulling the shiny black finish on the shade assemblies seems like a drastic measure (if that's actually the source of it), though maybe some matte-black tape would work? -- Thanks, GregR