BGO prices

[Bender]

Seems i should have held on to my BGO's, prices on ABS are already at 210 % of what they used to sell. Unfortunately there is not much of an equal replacement.

[fredster]

Yes they seem to be going the way of the humble Philips SPC900 webcam. Which went from selling on AB&S for £20 or so to then selling for £100+ once it was discontinued and stocks dried up. I see there is a BGO on today for £120.... Could have two brand new Baader Classic orthos and a decent curry takeout for that price.

[spaceboy]

Unlike the SPC900 I feel the supply and demand price increase of the BGO's are some what justified in that they are superb EP's

[smudgeball]

I'm glad I picked up a 9mm BGO from the classifieds on here a couple of months back.

They are certainly a quality EP for planetary viewing

[fredster]

I suppose the only thing it has done is change the dynamic. Before the BGO got you premium optics for £50 secondhand, capable of matching much more expensive glass. But now these new prices mean it will be competing head to head with that more expensive glass, such as Naglers, Radians, Pentax XL, Pentax XF. These all offer superb optical quality coupled with other pleasing extras, such as wide too ultra wide views, superb eye relief and nice chunks of glass. The BGO could always shrug it off with ease because of the value factor. But that's now gone. All very interesting.

Does make me wonder whether i should sell my 7mm BGO? But i think not. Doesn't used much but i when do use it i love it.

[paul mc c]

The 9mm BGO is an excellent planetary eyepiece,very sharp,would i pay £120 for a second hand one,i dont know,but giving the views that it gives it wouldnt be a waste of money.

[Moonshane]

I may be a complete mug but I am not a fan of over-pricing eyepieces. I have no intention of selling mine but if I did then I'd do so at what I consider a fair price, mainly to recoup my investment.

[JamesF]

There will always be someone who thinks it's worth the cash, but if I were after a 9mm-ish planetary eyepiece and I wasn't happy with the view from a suitable focal length BCO then there's no way I'd pay £120 for the second-hand BGO. I'd save a little more and have something like a second hand Nagler.

James

[Spec-Chum]

I definitely wouldn't pay £120 for a BGO.

You can get something with as good a view and more eye relief and/or FOV for a little more.

[John]

Seems i should have held on to my BGO's, prices on ABS are already at 210 % of what they used to sell. Unfortunately there is not much of an equal replacement.

Optically the Baader Classic Orthos are at least 95% as good in my opinion. The 18mm actually has slightly better light transmission than the BGO equivalent.

They don't match the build quality of the BGO's but they didn't intend to I reckon.

I've been trying BGO's and BCO's back to back for the past few nights on some demanding targets.

I'm not surprised that the price of BGO's has sky rocketed though. The TMB Supermonocentrics did the same when they went out of production.

[andrew63]

For £120 I'd go for Pentax 8.5 XF - more a less match a 9 BGO and be more useful for deep sky also.

andrew

[smudgeball]

Looks like £55 secondhand for my 9mm BGO was a bit of a bargain then?

[fredster]

Looks like £55 secondhand for my 9mm BGO was a bit of a bargain then?

You made someone very happy

[fredster]

For £120 I'd go for Pentax 8.5 XF - more a less match a 9 BGO and be more useful for deep sky also.

andrew

Me too.

[smudgeball]

You made someone very happy

Yep me ! Should have said that I bought it off someone else from classifieds

[Damo636]

For £120 I'd go for Pentax 8.5 XF - more a less match a 9 BGO and be more useful for deep sky also.

andrew

Good call! Thats yet another ep I've sold and later regretted doing so. Superb little ep!

[Astro_Baby]

Looks like its sold........

[Pig]

Guys,

Will the Pentax 8.5 XF be suitable with my scope and can you attach filters to it ?

[Damo636]

Guys,

Will the Pentax 8.5 XF be suitable with my scope and can you attach filters to it ?

Yes on both counts Shaun :-)

[Astro_Baby]

Bear in mind if Pentax really are cuttingg EPs the XF will get the chop. The theory is they will only retain Whats suitable for birding scopes and the XF doesnt really fit that bill. It could be another casualty.

Minimal glass EPs are really going to be a thing of the past .......the Edmund RKEs and the Brandons might be all thats left soon and Brandons wont be around forever.

[Pig]

Thank you guys.

I will see if FLO are getting any more.

Astro_Baby, was the pun intended ? " birding scopes" and "fit that bill "

[Damo636]

I've never even seen a Brandon never mind use one! They sure do love them across the pond though!

[John]

Back on the topic of BGO's and their pricing. If Hutech / Borg get these to the market the explosion in used BGO pricing might not last long:

http://digiborg.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/japanese-abbe-orthoscopic-eyepieces/

They look very much like University Optics HD orthos to me, which are excellent

[Moonshane]

they look good.

[Damo636]

Same focal lengths and everything, good spot John!