Maxvision 40mm unboxing - or should I say Lenzilla!

[Chris]

 Here are some unboxing pics of my 40mm Maxvision for anyone whos interested in this lens but like me struggled to quantify the size of the thing before ordering. As you can see I have included the ubiquitous can of beans for scale

Needless to say the cloud is very thick tonight.

Ps I've given it the apt name of Lenzilla!

[TiTanecd]

gratz, hope you have clear skies soon

[JED-E3]

I bought one of these recently,although i've not used it yet, It makes me wonder if this eyepiece gives the most grams per pound(£)

It must work out to about 10 grams/£ if bought new. 

James.

[russ.will]

It is a shocker. Mine made the ES82 30mm look small, although they're not too different in weight. It still feels like you put your face, rather than your eye into it, but I find it very comfortable.

Itook this for those wondering how it looks compared to the rest of the ES MV/Meade clones:

Russell

[estwing]

now thats a fair size! congrats hope it gets its first light soon...

[alan potts]

Don't forget that if it had a Meade green band wrapped around it the price tag was about 265 quid, I had one and amost gave it away because of these. I wonder if the quality control is the same though, not something that you are ever really going to be able to find out and I have not heard any complaints of them.

Alan.

[beamer3.6m]

That is ginormous! I had no eyepieces came that big.

I could Google but what is the going rate for these.

[Reeny]

150-euro plus 10-euro shipping

http://www.explorescientific.co.uk/en/Eyepieces/Explore-Scientific-Maxvision-68-Okular-40mm.html

[rwilkey]

Now that's what you call an eyepiece, aptly named 'Lenzilla'.

[YKSE]

Russell,

Of my EPs, MV 24mm is the only one looks like need to put on diet, but in your picture, it actually looks slim.

[Roy Challen]

Big enough for its own gravitational field!

[Ruud]

It's a colossal deal.

Congratulations on the purchase and enjoy those low power views!

[Grotemobile]

Looks more like a handgranade

than a EP.That is a bit to big. for

a EP.You wont need to close

one eye with that.  

Steve

[Dave In Vermont]

Oh my! I'm betting light will bend around that monster! I love it!

Dave

[itmo]

The holy eyepiece of antioch. i have a 34mm version and it is already quite huge. 

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Big chunk of glass, isn't it. My old Paragon 40mm (same general specs) was a bantam weight by comparison, as is my current LVW 42mm

[bomberbaz]

only just looking at this after spotting your for sale advert but I have to say, stop buying eyepieces then you will be able to afford heinz beans       

[Chris]

only just looking at this after spotting your for sale advert but I have to say, stop buying eyepieces then you will be able to afford heinz beans       

lol I wondered when someone would link the value beans to my astro addiction

[bomberbaz]

lol I wondered when someone would link the value beans to my astro addiction

slow bunch on here sometimes hehe   

[denis0007dl]

Nice eyepiece!

[bond19]

Wow and wow again!! Lenzillia will give me nightmares!!

[Chris]

Wow and wow again!! Lenzillia will give me nightmares!!

I think they probably used a 40mm Maxvision to focus the laser on the Death Star. Very nightmare worthy!

[swamp thing]

Big enough for its own gravitational field!

Event horizon more like. What a monster that is   

[alan potts]

I had to put thicker re-bar into the observatory floor because i owned one of those, I'm a snob though mine had Meade on it and cost a bomb.

Alan

[25585]

Just bought one from Bresser.de in their ex-display model sale £122 incl shipping. Looking forward to comparing with my Vixen LVW 42mm.