howa eyepieces

[jaffa1980]

I've been offered some eyepieces, namely howa or.17mm, and .58mm. I've tried google but can't seem to find anything about them. Any ideas guys? Plus a 3 times barlow.. I have a 2x so would it be worth it?

Thanks in advance

[great_bear]

When you say "offered" do you mean for free, or to buy - and if so, how much?

[ronin]

I would suspect they are for a spotting scope and that they could be threaded to fit the Howa scopes.

I would suggest that you take a look before deciding.

Howa are pretty good if the eyepieces are suitable, it will also depend on what the eyepieces are - plossl or whatever.

[ghostdance]

You're sure they're Howa?  I googled 'Howa eyepiece'  and all I got was a lot of Kowa....and apologies, but never heard of either...

Edit\ Can't be the filter makers Hoya surely...they don't do ep's...do they?

[jaffa1980]

Hi I have seen pictures and they definitely have that spelling on the lense itself. Offer is to buy with the top part of the eq mount. I bought some lenses and part of a mount ( just the legs) off a lady a week ago, I've made an adapter so my scope fits on the tripod but I would like the rest...

Thoughts?

[Peter Drew]

I still suspect that these will be Kowa as the K looks very much like the H. If Kowa, they are a well established spotting scope manufacturer and will be of good quality. 

[jaffa1980]

This is the pic

[jaffa1980]

This is the pic

[jaffa1980]

30 quid sorry should have mentioned it has!

[jaffa1980]

30 quid sorry should have mentioned it ha!

[RT65CB-SWL]

1. Assuming the 45deg diagonal is 1.25inches, are the eyepieces 0.965inch? If 'Yes!' then you will need an adaptor to fit your 'scope. Modern 'scopes are primarily 1.25 or 2.00inch.

2. Ortho's often have a narrower feild of view compared to Plossl's.

3. Don't know what the smaller eyepieces are.

4. I would not be inclined to use the Barlow.

5a. £30.00 - unless it was an 'old lady' of my mothers age, then maybe ok...

5b. ...any younger than my mother, over-priced! - apologies for sounding ageist and sexist.

[jaffa1980]

Ha ha thanks only a little ageist! For the eye pieces I agree, but I also get an eq mount and it includes delivery.. I think the mount is worth more right?

[RT65CB-SWL]

If you got all that for £30.00GBP including an EQ mount then you did get a bargain..

So for the final questions...

1. What EQ mount is it?

2. What 'scope/OTA are you using?

3. Are 'we' going to see more photos?

...and I take back the 'ageist and sexist' comment.