{"id":23881,"date":"2023-03-14T13:09:09","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T13:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/?p=23881"},"modified":"2023-03-14T13:12:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T13:12:08","slug":"ross-17-adaptation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/ross-17-adaptation\/","title":{"rendered":"Ross 17&#8243; adaptation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently shipped a Ross 17&#8243; Epidiascope lens to Zach in the US. He&#8217;d been looking for one for a few months with no luck and contacted me for some help, as he had seen previous blog posts about the ones I have purchased in the past.<br \/>\nI managed to source one in very good condition, here in the UK, and shipped it on to him a couple of weeks ago, once the Royal Mail International shipping crisis had eased. I was surprised that it cost a whopping \u00a360 to ship it with tracking. Shipping to Canada was a fraction of the cost. Madness.<\/p>\n<p>Although it looks a little grubby the glass is in excellent condition and it still has its additional supporting flange ring.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent\">This slideshow requires JavaScript.<\/p><div id=\"gallery-23881-1-slideshow\" class=\"jetpack-slideshow-window jetpack-slideshow jetpack-slideshow-black\" data-trans=\"fade\" data-autostart=\"1\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/fourtoes.co.uk\\\/iblog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/lens2.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;23883&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;lens2&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/fourtoes.co.uk\\\/iblog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/lens1.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;23882&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Ross lens side view&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}]\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><\/div>\n<p>Zach emailed to let me know it had arrived safely and then sent me a link to this video explaining his intentions. I hope he keeps me updated with his progress. I&#8217;d not seen this video before but looks great fun.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9cT0jXI7l4E\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently shipped a Ross 17&#8243; Epidiascope lens to Zach in the US. He&#8217;d been looking for one for a few months with no luck and contacted me for some help, as he had seen previous blog posts about the ones I have purchased in the past. 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