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> I'm guessing that it's probably reflecting off
> the top of the index shade assembly

Or maybe it's actually the bottom of the shade assembly, just took another
look through it and touched a finger to what I was seeing in the 'scope.

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GregR



On 5/20/2012 11:38:42 PM, GregR (gregr_ingest@yahoo.com) wrote:
> 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

   

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