£99 bino views?

[col]

hi all, i was hoping someone could fill me in on the possible use with my scopes of these bino views that are now £99, would they work on my st 150 and my tal 100r? thanks

[tom.yates]

I Think Gaz is your man on this one because i think he has got one but saying that i think the bino should be quite good with the Tal on the planets.

[col]

cheers tom, i am wondering about the focus travel , if its enought to allow bino viewers to work properly?

[tom.yates]

You will probs need a barlow then the scope should come to focus

[col]

i have two 2x barlows, so that might cover the focus travel eh tom?

[GazOC]

That would give you plenty of travel Col, the binos are great for lunar, planetary and the brighter DSO's, but Denks they arn't, but then again I couldn't afford Denks anyway....

For 99 quid they are a great deal IMHO, I paid £160 for mine!!!

[col]

wow theyve come down a bit then? their defo near the top of my list, thanks for that

[tom.yates]

But still worth having i would have thought.

[Jamie]

I got a cheap pair recently and i think the views are great.

Just another toy to play with.

[col]

your right there, big boys toys, :)my wife will go mad, i have a list as long as your arm

[GazOC]

Col,

A couple of years afo when I bought mine the £160 I paid for them was still half the price of the other brands of binos I never imagined the price dropping much more!

Gaz

[col]

gaz

when i saw the price i was quite surprised myself, but just wondered at the quality due to the price being so cheap compared to others

[GazOC]

Bottom line Col is that they arn't as good as the others, but they do give great views on a range of objects and they are certainly good for the money. They havn't cut costs by making a duff product which might be a concern?

[col]

would they work on my st 150 for deep sky stuff ?

[GazOC]

Col,

Only the brighter DSOs in my experience, I used mine with my 150mm Helios with no problems. I think if you buy them assuming they'll be good on planets and the Moon, OK on bright DSOs and poor on faint stuff then you won't be disappointed.

Gaz

[col]

thanks gaz, yeah i think i have a more realistic expectation of my st 150 now, didnt know about them when i bought it, and hardly had chance to try it , so im just getting to know it now, or when i can with this weather,

[GazOC]

The binos were esp. good on the Moon with the ST150, they give a nice, wide 3D look of the mountain ranges. My scopes now are a little lacking in field of view when I use the binos.

[col]

so getting these bino viewers would be worth it for me then? if i did whats the best size eyepieces to use gaz

[GazOC]

Hi Col,

The largest size EP you can use with those binos are 24mm plossels any bigger than the and you get vignetting. The other thing to consider is the binos themselves act as a kind of Barlow to give you more magnification than you'd usually get from you eyepieces.

I use a pair of 17mm and a pair of 9mm, but that decision was based on EPs I already had, if I was starting from scratch with your ST 150 I'd go for a pair of 20mm and a pair of 7-8mm.

Gaz

[col]

ok sounds good . thanks for that gaz