Returning from a trip to San Diego week of 9/1/2008, we drove thru Oceanside, just north of Carlsbad. Couldn't resist visiting Oceanside Photo and Telescope ( http://www.optcorp.com/ ), a respected and well known vendor among photographers and amateur astronomers. I actually got to see up close and touch some equipment I've only read about for the last couple years. The Orion Atlas mount was larger than I had imagined. A look thru the viewfinder of a Nikon D700 was like looking out a window - and what a tank! Boy, talk about a kid in a candy shop.