What if the eyepiece you're looking through...

[iPeace]

...was the only eyepiece you had, or would ever have?

This thought crossed my mind this evening; it helped me make the most of the view I was enjoying.

[Peter Drew]

Which begs the question of which eyepiece would that be if you had to choose.  

[iPeace]

1 minute ago, Peter Drew said:

Which begs the question of which eyepiece would that be if you had to choose.  

I'll answer that...just as soon as I've tried them all

[bomberbaz]

If I only got a choice of one eyepiece it would be the pentax zoom 

[DRT]

My desert island eyepiece is my Ethos 13mm. Utterly reliable in any scope in any conditions.

[scarp15]

As above and for the same reasons, Ethos 13mm, 

[Moonshane]

24mm Panoptic

[bomberbaz]

erm if you get a barlow too I will change my mind and have the Nikon 

[Piero]

6 minutes ago, Moonshane said:

24mm Panoptic

I was thinking the same! 

+1

[jetstream]

Zeiss 25.1-6.7mm zoom- it does all from nebulae to planetary-and does it very well.

[alan potts]

I think it would be the 20mm Nagler like I answered when I posted a similar thread, I have sold mine now so maybe I should buy another.

[YKSE]

It's certainly Leica zoom for me. Even though it's only 2x zoom range, but it's still much more versatile for many objects than any fix focal one.

[niallk]

I find I slot in my Nagler 13T6 more than my Pan 24, so I'll have to go with that! (though tbh I own very few EPs to be passing any judgement )

 

In terms of any EP I could ever have, then I'd have to go for the TV Ethos 6mm-21mm zoom

[Mak the Night]

Yeah, but could I have just one eyepiece but with a selection of Barlows? lol

[estwing]

21 ethos....13 was my fave but the 8 is much better for DSO's in my scope...but the 21 is simply thee ep in a big dob.What its like in a 24"+ makes me

[avtaram]

Baader 8-24 Zoom.

 

Avtar

[L8-Nite]

One eyepiece ?  That's a tough call, as the recipe for an optimized optical train would be different based on the individual scope being used.

If I were limited to the scopes I presently have, the one eyepiece would be a 12mm Brandon; its the eyepiece that gets the most use. 

 

[John]

In terms of a single eyepiece that could do a good job on a wide range of targets with my most used scope (12" F/5.3 dob) I reckon it would have to be my 13mm Ethos but in practice I don't actually use it that much, which seems perverse

I've had a few great DSO centered sessions where all I've used was the 21mm Ethos but the 13mm would give me a bit more "oomph" for lunar planetary viewing while still showing a .8 degree true field.

 

[Moonshane]

one eyepiece but seven scopes. is that OK?

[nightfisher]

From my EP box i guess i would have to take my 18mm ortho VT, this would give decent mag with the 150 mak, medium with the Tal and not to bad with the 80mm, about best i could do

[Highburymark]

If any eyepiece, the Leica zoom. If fixed f/l, I'd say the Delos 17.3.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

59 minutes ago, Moonshane said:

one eyepiece but seven scopes. is that OK?

My thoughts exactly

[F15Rules]

Of eyepieces I actually own, the Pentax 8-24 SMC zoom as it's so versatile, delivering great views.

If the zoom wasn't allowed but still one I actually own, probably the Meade UWA 14mm 84deg...a sort of poor man's Ethos?:-)

And using the same logic as the two examples above, but for an eyepiece I don't own (and have never looked through)...the Leica Aspheric zoom, or if not allowed, the Ethos 13mm- in both cases to see what all the fuss is about!

And then I'd wake up!

Dave

 

 

[dweller25]

Leica 8.9-17.8 zoom for me

[alan potts]

On 25.02.2016 г. at 09:52, YKSE said:

It's certainly Leica zoom for me. Even though it's only 2x zoom range, but it's still much more versatile for many objects than any fix focal one.

Yong,

No one said anything about having 40 telescopes with different focal lengths to use the one eyepiece