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Hi, everyone.
I'm not a true laser enthusiast because if I start with one more hobby I'm going bancrupt.
Lasers are a tool for me, and occasional toy.
I've registered at LPF to find answers on more powerful lasers for amateur astronomy purposes, and also to keep myself updated on the legal issues. Something tells me portable lasers will be banned here in the next 5 years. We've already had at least one noted incident with an airplane landing. Luckily, no one was hurt.
Green lasers of increasing false power are becoming more and more abundant here, meaning there will most certainly be a rise in ophtalmological problems as time goes by. Those Chinese IR leaking devices, as I like to call them, are very attractive to stupid kids and it's a matter of time before someone looses their sight.
As for my lasers, I've owned two of those typical <5 mW red laser pointers for a long time (the first one was given to my by a friend during the late nineties), and a <50 mW green laser for a couple of months.
I doubt I'll be a frequent visitor and poster, but I'm glad to be here, anyway.
I'm not a true laser enthusiast because if I start with one more hobby I'm going bancrupt.
Lasers are a tool for me, and occasional toy.
I've registered at LPF to find answers on more powerful lasers for amateur astronomy purposes, and also to keep myself updated on the legal issues. Something tells me portable lasers will be banned here in the next 5 years. We've already had at least one noted incident with an airplane landing. Luckily, no one was hurt.
Green lasers of increasing false power are becoming more and more abundant here, meaning there will most certainly be a rise in ophtalmological problems as time goes by. Those Chinese IR leaking devices, as I like to call them, are very attractive to stupid kids and it's a matter of time before someone looses their sight.
As for my lasers, I've owned two of those typical <5 mW red laser pointers for a long time (the first one was given to my by a friend during the late nineties), and a <50 mW green laser for a couple of months.
I doubt I'll be a frequent visitor and poster, but I'm glad to be here, anyway.