Zachariah Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 I have spent quite a bit on buying new eyepieces to replace the standard 10 and 25 mm for my 150 dob and skyma127. Then I remembered I had an old 8mm which came with a cheap 70mm refractor. So I tried it tonight on the moon and guess what apart from the small fov it showed a very sharp image. Hmm. This very cheap eyepiece has now been resurrected and added to my collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevetynant Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 I bought an 8mm Baader Hyperion for about £90 to get me going - then a 15mm BST Explorer for about £40 - I know the difference in magnification between these lens makes it hard to really assess their worth but in all honesty I think the BST was far better value and going forward (I've already bought a few more and are waiting for them to come) I think I'll stick with the cheaper lens for a while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zachariah Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 It does make you wonder if its worth buying these very expensive ep, the old 8mm I found must have cost coppers. The scope, eq mount and ep's only cost £50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemihaggis Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 many of the cheaper ep`s are clones of expensive ep`s , they are just made in china or korea with much lower overheads .. bst`s are great value so are sirrus and gso ... these ep`s are often rebranded and sold for twice the price by well known companysobviously when you compare a really expensive high end ep` like a nagler ,teleview or pentax ect there is no competeing with the cheaper ep`s ,but saying that most of the cheaper (£30-100) ep`s are very good for the money, compared to what cheap ep`s were like a few years ago .i my self had a choice to make a month or so back , i was looking to upgrade my ep collection , i had a decent meade 4000 plossel 26mm, and a few basic other plossles 10 and 16mm ... i looked at the bst`s and the vixens , also the celestron xcel`s they were all exellent , but in the end i decided to go for the baader hyperion zoom .. its an awsome piece of kit ... it has transformed my sn10 scope which i was struggling to make sing !!! now i can use one ep in a whole nights viewing ,it is parafocal and i can wind the power up to 120x mag on m42 now and split the trapezium and get a little blue purple colour .i cant rate it highly enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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