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Scot Reader
Ted,
Thanks for your response to my query. I suspect I will eventually wind-up in the camp that believes the color/sky differences between Ritchey 150 and Ritchey 350 are just a matter of degree, not kind. The original point made by Brian (I believe) that Ritchey Old Mill always (at least as far as we know) appears with the dove and that this suggests a 350 series print start for Old Mill is still very useful. This conforms with the fact that (at least as far as we know) 150-only subjects cannot be found with Old Mill. It will also be interesting to find-out what the breakdown between dove v. no dove for Ritchey Piedmont 350 is since that will be telling on your primacy of Piedmont theory. Rest assured that I will be tracking Ritcheys on ebay in the coming months.
Now, let's find those Ames (Hands at Chest), Ewing and Lindaman 350s (if they exist)!
Scot