g0ibi Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Just ordered a Baader Hyperion zoom MK111 & T3 adaptor from FLO! Been cogitating for weeks and reading posts all over the place butnow made a decision and bought one, somebody tell me I'm right to have done so please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macavity Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 I think it's commonly held that Baader Hyperion Zoom eyepieces yield results just as good as their fixed-focus (Baader) siblings over the shorter focal length range. The minor gripe is usually re. the narrowing of apparent field (characteristic of zooms) as you approach the very longest focal lengths. But the maximum TRUE field is still equivalent to a ~17mm Hype. Thus you get to cover the range of (say) three eyepieces, at a perfectly reasonable level. <G> It might be worthwhile augmenting the Zoom with a dedicated, quality, 30-something mm, 70 deg, eyepiece, at some stage... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwilkey Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Congratulations for making your choice, I think very deeply when making a choice as I am buying for two scopes, in my view you can't go wrong with the MkIII Baader zoom, a well-respected ep on this forum, do let us know how you get on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g0ibi Posted September 17, 2011 Author Share Posted September 17, 2011 Thanks for ur comments, I have a couple of UWA EP's and a 2" 28mm I got with my new scope (which I hav'nt tried yet!). Will report on how I get on with the zoom, thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwilkey Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 I prefer the wider angle ep's, I find them easier to use, I would be interested in how your SW 28mm UWA ep performs as I have the smaller LET ep's that are identical in design with the superb twist-up eyecups, very good ep's in the 1.25" range, otherwise slated on this forum, a bit disappointing as they are quite good in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g0ibi Posted September 20, 2011 Author Share Posted September 20, 2011 Zoom EP arrived today, so did the rain!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damnut Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Hi G0ibi,Nice EP, raining here already :-)Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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