Show me your mismatched EP collection

[F15Rules]

My EP set has changed in the past week, but still contains 6 brands (including the Barlow).

I needed to raise some cash, so sadly the 2 Tak's had to go..but I found 3 lovely but much cheaper ones to replace them and am looking forward to first light..

From Left to right, back row:

Genuine Burgess/TMB 3.2,mm, 4mm, 5mm, Pentax XL 10.5, XF 12, Baader Zoom Barlow X2.25

From Left to Right, front row:

Celestron Ultima Wide Angle 15mm (rare), Vixen LVW 22mm, Revelation Superview 30mm, Pentax SMC zoom 8-24mm... and a pretty spare Tak diagonal for good measure..

And my mismatched pluck foam kind of matches my mismatched eyepiece set?.

Dave

 

[25585]

Nice selection. Vixen LVW 22 & XL 10.5 are forever eps!

[bingevader]

I think my EPs well and truly fall into the mismatch collection!

They're in the sig, but I'll take a pic with them all lined up if I get the chance.

[miguel87]

I know I'm late to the party but I just took a self indulgent picture after completing my collection 😁

Not totally mismatched but close enough I think. It is funny how we get attached to eyepieces that we know are not that great (I could never get rid of my Vixen NPL).

[John]

Nothing wrong with any of those

[miguel87]

29 minutes ago, John said:

Nothing wrong with any of those

Thankyou. I dont have a fortune to spend but I thought I should spend the most on the shorter focal lengths.

My decision now is whether to buy a 1.25 or 2inch UHC filter?

I'm not gonna rush that one tho. I've never even looked through a filter yet. Just gonna spend more time sketching nebula and see which eyepiece I end up using the most.

[Louis D]

Here's my mismatched collection as of last fall.  Zooms are repeated at each tested focal length.  Someday I'll have to figure out how to get them all in one group shot.

[miguel87]

Wow! In the nicest possible way, that is a ridiculous amount of eyepieces!

Must give you a great basis for comparison tho, I will be coming to you for any future advice 😁

My OCD would be going crazy, I cant have more than 5 or 6. And if I had more than one of the same focal length I would have to chose the best one and sell the rest.

Great varied collection 👏

[Guest]

38 minutes ago, miguel87 said:

Wow! In the nicest possible way, that is a ridiculous amount of eyepieces!

Must give you a great basis for comparison tho, I will be coming to you for any future advice 😁

My OCD would be going crazy, I cant have more than 5 or 6. And if I had more than one of the same focal length I would have to chose the best one and sell the rest.

Great varied collection 👏

That's just his everyday use collection!🤣

[RT65CB-SWL]

As part of my SGL signature: ...and the 'old skool Bad Boyz!':  ...TeleVue 13mm Nagler type 1  ...Meade 8.8mm UWA series 4000  ...Sky-Watcher 28mm Apex  

Plus these...
TeleVue: 15mm, 13mm (smoothside); 8mm Plossl; 6mm Radian; 13mm Nagler type 6; Nagler 3-6mm zoom  
Meade: 26mm; 20mm Plossl 
Circle-T: 12.5mm; 6mm Ortho
AstroBoot: two 18mm wide angle (one is stored with my Lunt Herschel wedge); 7-21mm zoom
...and a few 'unknown' interlopers.

and these as well...
Celestron f6.3 FF/FR
Klee: x2.8 Barlow lens
AstroEngineering: x4.0 Barlow; x1.6 magnimax barlow 'thingy'*; x0.6 focal reducer 'thingy'*
...and one-to-many star diagonals... two are TeleVue! 

 

* these screw on the end of the 1.25" nosepiece.

Edited April 20, 2020 by Philip R

[Timebandit]

52 minutes ago, Louis D said:

Here's my mismatched collection as of last fall.  Zooms are repeated at each tested focal length.  Someday I'll have to figure out how to get them all in one group shot.

 

 

Louis that is one "Big" eyepiece collection. Do you think you may have one or two eyepiece's to many 😀

 

 

 

[RT65CB-SWL]

They don't come much better than this for the 'mismatched' e/p collection...

...my one-to-many TeleVue 13mm e/p's.

Edited April 19, 2020 by Philip R

[John]

There is a mix of sizes, brands and cost in my cases now:

[Louis D]

3 hours ago, Timebandit said:

Louis that is one "Big" eyepiece collection. Do you think you may have one or two eyepiece's to many 😀

Quite the contrary.  I've gotten several more since these photos were taken and at least one more is on the way.  You should see my still and video camera and lens collection stored away in 10 or 15 Tamrac cases and assorted boxes.  When I die, my wife and kids won't know what to make of any of it.

[Louis D]

3 hours ago, merlin100 said:

That's just his everyday use collection!🤣

Not quite, but I do tend to get out different eyepieces and telescopes on successive nights to "spice" things up.

[Louis D]

4 hours ago, miguel87 said:

My OCD would be going crazy, I cant have more than 5 or 6. And if I had more than one of the same focal length I would have to chose the best one and sell the rest.

I'm an OCD hoarder, so everything is organized by type in dedicated cases.  I think 7 at last count.

[miguel87]

4 minutes ago, Louis D said:

Quite the contrary.  I've gotten several more since these photos were taken and at least one more is on the way.  You should see my still and video camera and lens collection stored away in 10 or 15 Tamrac cases and assorted boxes.  When I die, my wife and kids won't know what to make of any of it.

I know what I would make of it! 🤑🤑🤑

[rwilkey]

Hi all, I do not specifically collect sets but I have a good few eyepieces in common, such as the Naglers, ExSc and the BST StarGuiders, but here is some in my odds case:

Edited April 20, 2020 by rwilkey

[miguel87]

53 minutes ago, rwilkey said:

Hi all, I do not specifically collect sets but I have a good few eyepieces in common, such as the Naglers, ExSc and the BST StarGuiders, but here is some in my odds case:

Your foam cutting skills are exquisite!

[John]

I don't cut and remove the foam from my cases. I've found that I can break the foam around the outline of the eyepiece then press the eyepiece down which leaves an impression that the eyepiece then sits in held in place by the foam in the lid. If you change eyepieces (which I used to do a lot !) you can pull the foam back up and then repeat the process for the new eyepiece size and shape.

It's kept my cases going though many eyepiece changes

[Dean Hale]

A little bored and struggling with processing images using SIril. Reading the forum and came across these posts which is much more enjoyable. Here is my collection, a few purchased from members at SGL. I started in April at the beginning of lockdown - a little overlap however i've never looked through any other eyepieces apart from these so enjoying the journey so far.

The SV113 12mm Svbony 60 degree eyepiece was my first upgrade from the stock eyepieces - £24 and it's actually really good. 

[rkelley8493]

Here's my motley crew

Those are 25mm Plössls just below the binoviewer.

Edited December 20, 2020 by rkelley8493

[Mr Spock]

My odd one out is in the middle of the orthos.

A replacement is on the way though 

[rwilkey]

On 20/04/2020 at 18:37, miguel87 said:

Your foam cutting skills are exquisite!

I didn't cut them, it is the 'Baader Hyperion and Morpheus Eyepiece Case' where the foam is already cut, found here: https://www.firstlightoptics.com/baader-planetarium/baader-hyperion-and-morpheus-eyepiece-case.html

[John]

Honey, I shrunk the Explore Scientific

4.7mm UWA vs 17mm 92: David and Goliath: