I recently saw a large fresnel lens for sale on a flight sim web site but now I can't find it. It had a nice stand and could handle monitors up to 21" and the cost was about $300 or so. Anyone know where I can find it (so I can let Santa know!)? Has anyone tried it? I'm concerned that the image might be blurry. ThanksDavid

I bought Fresnel from Edmund Scientific in New Jersey. It was a few years ago and I paid about $140 for it. They have quite a selection of such lenses and I bought the least expensive one that would fit my 19" monitor. I am very, very pleased with results and picture quality is excellent. Make sure you buy the lens that is for imaging and not as a light diffusor for pojectors. Out of the two types you need one with fewer grooves per inch.Michael J.WinXP-Home SP2,AMD64 3500+,Abit AV8,Radeon X800Pro,36GB Raptor,1GB PC3200,Audigy 2

Thanks Michael! Any chance it is this one: NT43-92http://www.edmundoptics.com/onlinecatalog/...D=2040&search=1Just want to make sure I ask Santa for the right one! ThxDavid

Try this link for some larger lenses...http://www.simkits.com/product.php?prodid=303HOpe that helps.Allen

Yep, that's the one I was looking for originally Allen. Thanks! It occurs to me now, though, that I fly in VC mode exclusively - so will the cockpit instruments that should be right in front of my face look far away too?David

>so will the cockpit instruments that should be>right in front of my face No, in real cockpit the instrumrnt panel is NOT in front of your face.Michael J.WinXP-Home SP2,AMD64 3500+,Abit AV8,Radeon X800Pro,36GB Raptor,1GB PC3200,Audigy 2

>Yep, that's the one I was looking for originally Allen.>Thanks! It occurs to me now, though, that I fly in VC mode>exclusively - so will the pit instruments that should be>right in front of my face look far away too?>DavidWell...I'm planning on building myself something similar to the "bugeye" display...but with CRT monitors as opposed to the LCD ones they use. I'll be using widewiew to sync the monitors for the outside views and will have intstruments on a seperate LCD monitor without a fresnel lens.Won't be cheap...but should be awesome!Allen