Naemeth Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Hello everyone .I've just ordered myself some more eyepieces, hopefully this should be it for quite a while. In the post are:3-6mm TV Nagler Zoom25mm TV Plossl9mm Vixen LV12mm Vixen LVI couldn't find any 2nd hand, so I decided to get them all new. I had to search around surplus stock to find new LVs though .Please don't recommend any other eyepieces, I've already got enough.... for the moment at least . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estwing Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 your gonna love that zoom... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashtestdummy Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 wow judging by your signature you will have lots of eyepieces!!!im waiting for 3 es 100 degree ep's and a barlow to clear customs and knowing my luck it will take 2 weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naemeth Posted July 31, 2013 Author Share Posted July 31, 2013 your gonna love that zoom...I hope so too - that's why I bought it .wow judging by your signature you will have lots of eyepieces!!!im waiting for 3 es 100 degree ep's and a barlow to clear customs and knowing my luck it will take 2 weeks It will be 17 when these arrive , if I don't sell any I'm going to need a new case ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 I am seriously thinking about getting the same zoom instead of the 6mm Delos. Ive been trying to find the best deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naemeth Posted July 31, 2013 Author Share Posted July 31, 2013 I am seriously thinking about getting the same zoom instead of the 6mm Delos. Go for it, do remember the eye relief is quite a lot shorter for the zoom than the Delos (10mm vs 20mm). The magnification on your 9.25" may be a bit high, but good for lunar and double star work (especially as you have a driven mount!) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 I am also sure to buy a shorter focal length scope at some time in the future, so it will give me a full set Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveGarland Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 wow judging by your signature you will have lots of eyepieces!!!im waiting for 3 es 100 degree ep's and a barlow to clear customs and knowing my luck it will take 2 weeks Which ones did you order? I just got the 14mm and I love it. It does take a bit of getting used to looking around the eyepiece to take it all in but you really do take in a in a lot of stars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Jonathan, Where did you get the zoom from in the end ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naemeth Posted July 31, 2013 Author Share Posted July 31, 2013 Jonathan, Where did you get the zoom from in the end ?I got them all from Robtics - good prices on LVs (new), they are in Europe, and the zoom was ever so slightly cheaper than the UKhttp://www.robtics.nl/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Okies thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshane Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 the zoom is just awesome, you'll love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Interesting selection of eyepieces - I'm slightly surprised you could find the LV's being sold new now so well done for ferreting some out. I've owned a couple of the Nagler 3-6 zooms. They are great eyepieces, no doubt about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naemeth Posted July 31, 2013 Author Share Posted July 31, 2013 Interesting selection of eyepieces - I'm slightly surprised you could find the LV's being sold new now so well done for ferreting some out.I've owned a couple of the Nagler 3-6 zooms. They are great eyepieces, no doubt about it I am surprised too, but there seem to be quite a few sites that still sell them - I guess they aren't that popular, and that people either go for the cheaper eyepieces or go to TV plossls for about the same price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew63 Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 You should have placed a wanted ad for the LV 9 - you might have got a response Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naemeth Posted July 31, 2013 Author Share Posted July 31, 2013 You should have placed a wanted ad for the LV 9 - you might have got a response I probably should have .This always happens . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashtestdummy Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Which ones did you order? I just got the 14mm and I love it. It does take a bit of getting used to looking around the eyepiece to take it all in but you really do take in a in a lot of stars.the 20mm,14mm and 9mm and the 2x focal extender.will get the 5.5mm too when it comes out later in the year.also got a paracorr.off season is always expensive.17 eyepieces?????jesus thats being prepared! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naemeth Posted July 31, 2013 Author Share Posted July 31, 2013 the 20mm,14mm and 9mm and the 2x focal extender.will get the 5.5mm too when it comes out later in the year.also got a paracorr.off season is always expensive.17 eyepieces?????jesus thats being prepared!Well, I do find that I use the whole range. I've noticed, in the Heritage at least, that the seeing dictates that I need a 9mm eyepiece, as 8mm and 7mm can sometimes not quite be as sharp as I would want. The 2.5mm is there really for special occasions (when conditions are right) and for double stars, the zoom fulfills the ability to quickly change magnifications based on seeing. Sometimes, I prefer the eye relief of the 7mm than the 8mm TV plossl, and other times the eye relief doesn't really matter to me. Further up the focal lengths, I feel 12 will be a nice eyepiece for close-up views of DSOs (2mm exit pupil in main scope), the 15mm and 20mm both provide great views for when I want the sky that bit darker with my main scope. The 25mm is really for when my eyes aren't dark adapted enough for my 32mm TV plossl, and serves as a better finder eyepiece than the 32mm is in the Heritage. The 32mm is a 5.33mm exit pupil in the F/6, and the 25mm is a 5mm exit pupil in the F/5. So I've really got those two so I have a choice (incidentally, the 20mm is a perfect finder eyepiece in an F/4 scope!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Johnathan,The Nagler 3-6 zoom is on its way to me as we speak I couldn't resist any longer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naemeth Posted August 1, 2013 Author Share Posted August 1, 2013 Johnathan,The Nagler 3-6 zoom is on its way to me as we speak I couldn't resist any longerYou're almost as bad as me .Where did you end up buying it from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexB67 Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 You are going to need a trailer soon. Wait when you go to a star party and you first get you eyepieces out and people will be ogling your kit and go wow , and then see the small dob alongside and they go You know what is missing, the big DOOOOB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swamp thing Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 You are going to need a trailer soon. Wait when you go to a star party and you first get you eyepieces out and people will be ogling your kit and go wow , and then see the small dob alongside and they go You know what is missing, the big DOOOOB The trouble is, he'd have to sell the eyepieces to fund the Dob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estwing Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 or he could make his own.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 You're almost as bad as me .Where did you end up buying it from?Its not our fault - I blame Alan Potts & Estwing I got it from the Widescreen Centre I have bought so much off them lately I thought I would try a little cheek and asked if they would give me a discount, and they did it for £310£30 off sounded reasonable I didn't look back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naemeth Posted August 2, 2013 Author Share Posted August 2, 2013 Its not our fault - I blame Alan Potts & Estwing I got it from the Widescreen Centre I have bought so much off them lately I thought I would try a little cheek and asked if they would give me a discount, and they did it for £310£30 off sounded reasonable I didn't look back£20 more than I paid . Mind you, that doesn't factor in delivery charges - which weren't actually that bad spread over the whole order considering the package is from the EU (£22.64 total delivery). Delivery would have been about £16 for the one, so we paid almost exactly the same taking that into account .The trouble is, he'd have to sell the eyepieces to fund the Dob I'd never sell my eyepieces. Give it a few months (around four to six) and I'll have a couple of grand to throw at a nice new dob .Of course, I won't be literally throwing thousands of pound coins at a telescope - I'll just have that, potentially, to spend . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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