spaceboy

They sure are Damo. I have to admit this is the only thing I dislike about them but then I have never really been a big fan of large eyepieces anyway despite now having a collection of oversized lumps of glass. On this ocassion I made the mistake of buying a 20mm 100° which was only intended to cover my low mag views but from that moment on I was addicted to the vast sea of stars offered up by them. The worry that gravity may one day win the battle and the fussing around with counter weights have been put aside because objects like M36 in the 14mm for example are breath taking and almost like looking at a totally new cluster even though this has always been a much visited target on my list.

I'm beginning to think that swapping out eyepieces is as much a part of the hobby as it is actually using them. I'm sure give it a few months I will have another addition so I will not claim that this is the end of my EP buying days as I have got that wrong so many times before. As for the present collections I really do not see much improvements that could be made given the budget I had set myself. Recent additions being 5,6,7mm Fujiyama orthos for sharp contrasted views of planets and the ES 9mm 100° after the 14mm, x1.6 barlow combination (roughly equivalent to 8.75mm) was seeing so much use. The near 550g weight saving alone making this one a worthy investment IMO. And the new additions for use with my refractor being the 26mm & 42mm Revelation Superview.