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Alfian

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Alfian

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Having just bought the Maxvision 20mm from Astroshop and aware that the euro exchange rate is good at the moment, out of curiosity I checked their website. if you choose to display prices in stirling, The Maxvison 24mm is £58.87, the 20mm is £51.42 and the 16mm is a remarkable £43.97. I don't really  need a 16mm but its tempting! I wish they did a 12mm.

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YKSE

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That looks like a steal if your in the market.  Wonder what the story is - the ES website says "part of a larger deal that didn't happen" 

Japp, that's why so many recommendations of MVs on the site.

ES is owned by Kunming United Optics,(KUO), who was contract-supplier to Meade for many years. KUO bought Meade some years ago, then sold Meade to others shortly afterwards. These MVs are supposed to be Meade branded.

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Equipment was being sold under the Maxvision brand as far back as late 2007. The notable item back then was a 127mm Triplet refractor that Meade announced with a great flourish and then held back from launching under their own branding for what were vaguely described as quality control concerns. While Meade presumably sorted out the quality control, the scope was being sold by at least one UK dealer under the Maxvision branding. I believe those scopes were made by  Kunming United Optics too.

Just a bit of Maxvision trivia ! :smiley:

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Well that would explain it I guess - someone suddenly found a huge stock of stuff and wanted a fast stock to cash burn I expect.  I hadn't even seen these until this post - pity really I am not in the market anymore. Typical really - I shall just have to make do and mend with my Pentax XWs :)

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........are there any brands left  that are not cloned/copied/re-named these Days?

Just look at my BST's,  there's at least 5 different brand names with the same body!

No. Virtually all brands out-source components and if people don't think those manufacturers don't subcontract to each other, then they've got a very simplistic view of the world.

That's why 'copies' happen so quickly.

Russell

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I've thought about selling my Maxvision's now I have the ES100's, with the exchange rate at the moment I'm not sure I'll get a lot for them ! How well. 

That's the other side of the coin when buying cheap, it means selling cheap - but we can't have it all. I read a post (going back  I think 18 months or so ) saying in effect about the maxvisions - get them now because they will not be around long. Makes me think that either it was a very big job lot, or someone is saying  to the manufacturer (KUO?)- these are selling well can we have another lot. Either way they are still around to be had. 

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Can anybody confirm how these MV's perform in a sub f5 scope please?

Thinking of future scope upgrade to a larger dob and if these will be ok? If so I may complete the set whilst they are still around.

I tested the 24mm and reported last week, I am working on the 16mm Meade SWA at the moment. I can only go to F5.26 at the moment and there are small issues there, more so in the 24mm. I would say this though at the prices stated they are stunning value as to better them significantly means spending much more money. At 43 quid I dont see any one has a case to complain or would for that matter.

Alan

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Can anybody confirm how these MV's perform in a sub f5 scope please?

Thinking of future scope upgrade to a larger dob and if these will be ok? If so I may complete the set whilst they are still around.

I can't say personally, but there is a review here on the Meade 5000 SWA , to which the Maxvisions are reputedly similar, that would indicate so.

http://www.cloudynights.com/page/articles/cat/user-reviews/eyepieces/eyepieces-14mm-55mm/24mm-68-deg-eyepiece-shootout-r1764

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Strange that they aren't being recommended to newbies asking the 'what EP to get' question - I would have thought at this sort of crunchy price it makes it an easy choice.

I'm fully with you Mel. it's just some are much more active in running the years old recommendations than taking in new information. :smiley:

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Strange that they aren't being recommended to newbies asking the 'what EP to get' question - I would have thought at this sort of crunchy price it makes it an easy choice.

I tend to recommend them to folks wanting to upgrade from stock eyepieces. I also recommend BST's and BCO's at the shorter end :)

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Me too. :p

Less so now, as there do seem to be fewer FLs available and there has been the odd grumble about eye relief, on the 16mm.

The ES site is now saying some of them are discontinued or low stock.

But as Alan says, for the money, I'm not sure you can complain!

If I'd been just starting out, I think I'd have bought the set.

I have the 82° 24mm MV and it's great.

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Can anybody confirm how these MV's perform in a sub f5 scope please?

Thinking of future scope upgrade to a larger dob and if these will be ok? If so I may complete the set whilst they are still around.

I have a Maxvision 28mm that I use in my f4.8 Skyliner 250px. It is pretty good, though there is some coma (I think) around the edges. Certainly, the stars are a little misshapen right at the edges. That said, it doesn't bother me much; it's near the edge, and the field of view is as big as I'm comfortable with, so the edges aren't so important. I'm very happy with it; I'm sure that more picky eyes might not be so happy.

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Strange that they aren't being recommended to newbies asking the 'what EP to get' question - I would have thought at this sort of crunchy price it makes it an easy choice.

Astro,

How are you.?

It is a very good point you make and food for thought. I think with me I still remember paying out over a grand for the full set of Meades SWA and that sort of stuck in my head, as you say they are excellent next step up eyepieces, a step near to the top at that.

Alan.

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Always good Alan...its something to think about when giving newbies advice - as I said if I were in the buying game anymore I might buy a set but I have all I need really. They would make a whacking god deal for a newbie looking to upgrade if they are as good as the Meades.

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I suppose a reason they don't get mentioned more, is that newcomers are typically looking for higher magnifications and/or just to replace the trinket 10mm MA they start with. Maxvisions aren't much use in that regard.

I tend to point out that the 24 & 16mm SWA plus a decent barlow are probably all you actually need in a 200 Dob. 50x, 75x, 100x & 150x seems like a good spread to me.

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Russell,

At the time I bought all of mine I had the LX with it''s 3048mm of focal length and the full set was a cracking upgrade and if I am honest are as good as you need in an F 10 scope. All you really need with a scope like that is a little something on the lower end for that bit extra, but with that scope I rarely go below 12/13mm.

The 28mm was a favourite of mine, wish I still had it.

Alan.

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