1st Televue Eyepiece

[lw24]

Hi all,

Just managed to pick up a used 7.4mm smoothside Televue plossl (mainly for lunar/planetary observation). Was going to have a look at the Moon tonight, but as per usual, the clouds rolled in.

Now on the lookout for a 32mm

lw24

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Ah, the slippery green and black slope . enjoy the EP

[JamesF]

A life of penury begins here

James

[ronin]

It is very slippery slope, a rapid descent and no chance of recovery or rescue.

Believe me, been there done it also dead happy. :grin:

[Charon]

Enjoy.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

It is very slippery slope, a rapid descent and no chance of recovery or rescue.

Believe me, been there done it also dead happy. :grin:

You can switch to Pentax or Nikon of course. Not green and black, but just as costly (or worse)

[E621Keith]

You can switch to Pentax or Nikon of course. Not green and black, but just as costly (or worse)

They are only a temporary cure. Eventually, green on black will reappear in your eyepiece case.

[alan potts]

Sorry mate I have run out of cardboard boxes to hand out to all these members hit by yet another televue epidemic that seems to be sweeping the country. I have a really nice large one I managed to be able to cut a small window in mine to make it more homely.

All joking aside I have never seen one of those before, are they rare?

Alan

[fredster]

Sorry mate I have run out of cardboard boxes to hand out to all these members hit by yet another televue epidemic that seems to be sweeping the country. I have a really nice large one I managed to be able to cut a small window in mine to make it more homely.

All joking aside I have never seen one of those before, are they rare?

Alan

I seem to be completely immune to this epidemic. And i think i know the antidote. Just inoculate yourself with 'empty bank balance' and you are cured, For a while at least.

[lw24]

All joking aside I have never seen one of those before, are they rare?

They don't make smoothside plossls any more, but I'm not sure of the rarity.

[Pete Presland]

not especially rare, i have a 20mm "smothside" they are certainly nice eyepieces.i nearly bid on this one i think, but it was a bit close to my 8mm.i have not found an eyepiece that can beat the televue plossl for value/performance

[Daniel-K]

Sorry mate I have run out of cardboard boxes to hand out to all these members hit by yet another televue epidemic that seems to be sweeping the country. I have a really nice large one I managed to be able to cut a small window in mine to make it more homely.

All joking aside I have never seen one of those before, are they rare?

Alan

Alan i think i got your last box after i bought the Delos last week i bought my first Green EP the other week now in just over a week i have 2 here and a 12mm Nagler in the pipeline the difference a good bit of glass makes the viewing that much better

[Qualia]

Lovely EP. I'd be really interested to hear how you get along with the eye-relief, so please let us know.

[NickK]

I got my first green and black 20mm Plossl at SGL7 for a grand total of £30

The 2x TV 2" for imaging was a little more

[John]

Nice eyepiece and the shortest focal length plossl Tele Vue ever made. I think there were 2 generations of the "smoothside" TV plossls and yours looks like it's from the 2nd gen. The 1st gen looked pretty much the same but had an "NP" mark rather than the "®". Both made in Japan. The 1st gen ones did not come with rubber eye cups. In due course the new design plossl (like the ones we see today) came out with the 7.4mm being replaced with an 8mm as the shortest focal length.

Very sharp and contrasty eyepieces.

[Damo636]

He's a cute little fella that one :-)