17mm Orion Stratus EP arrived today.....

[GazOC]

If it performs as well as it looks I'll be very happy.

Very cool looking peice of kit.

[MartinB]

Excuse the ignorance Gaz but what is it?

Martin

[GazOC]

Its a widefield EP I picked up on Ebay pretty cheap last week. I'll post some pics, the think is huge!!

[GazOC]

The lens in that screw off section is virtually spherical.

[lunator]

Gaz

Great pic mate.

I would take the saturation levels down a fraction to bring out some more detail :laugh:

I hope the eyepiece is a good'un.

Cheers

Ian

[tom.yates]

Looks similar to a vixen superwide

[GazOC]

I think those the Vixen and the new Baader EP's are pretty much the same. The dual fitting is going to come in handy.

[FLO]

I would take the saturation levels down a fraction to bring out some more detail :laugh:

He's an imager ... not a photographer

[FLO]

Have you managed to test that eyepiece yet?

[GazOC]

Funnily enough Steve I meant to follow up on this a post and mini-review but forgot. The main thing for me was the price, the FOV and that they are acceptable in a f5 scope.

I knew the first two and it passes the third in my f5 Newt as well. They are sharp right to the edge, with very slight pincushioning but nothing major. It seems very good for the money esp at f5.

The downside is that they are blumming heavy!! About the same as my 2' 30mm! A good point is that you can use the EP's in both 1.25" and 2" format without any swapping and changing.

[OXO]

That looks some eyepiece Gaz :shock:

James

[FLO]

Thanks Gaz,

A good buy then

[OXO]

What did you test the eyepiece on Gaz outta interest?..

James

[GazOC]

Thanks Gaz,

A good buy then

Very pleased mate, £50 well spent.

At f5 we're not exactly overrun with options for widefield EPs without selling an arm and a leg, but these are a lot better (and nicer to use, you got to see the entrance to these things, 1.5" across!!) than the Expanse, Ultrawides that I've got.