Show me your eyepiece/accessories case, please.

[bond19]

Some truly mouth watering collections there folks. 

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Oooh! I wonder what the other one is??

OK, apart from a Vixen SLV 5 mm a TV Plössl 25 mm is coming this way. I picked the latter up for very little. I hope to use it in a future Quark.

[Chris]

Nice! I'm sure it will do a cracking job, I should never of sold my 32mm thats for sure.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

So here is the new layout with the SLV added. It is the last one on the lowest row in the image.

[Chris]

The SLV looks nice and comfy in its new home

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

It sure is. Nine EPs actually looks quite modest compared to some set-ups. But of course the William Optics zoom and one MaxVision live permanently in the case of the LS35THA, and the other MaxVision 24 mm is on loan to the university's observatory (fits nicely between their LVW 42mm and a Hyperion 13 mm), until such day that I get either a binoviewer or some BIG binoculars which accept 1.25" EPs.

[bomberbaz]

The SLV's are lovely little ep's and I will be honest and say that if I was starting out again buying I would probably consider buying a 5 & 6mm sizes in these instead of a delos and xw. It would be less money tied up in these little used ep's, (btw I ain't selling them though  ) I find that the extra fov isn't really needed when its cranked up to these magnifications and the 9mm seems to find focus just that bit easier than compared to the 8 and 10 Delos either side. 

I am commenting after using the 9mm a few times of course so I am assuming the 5 & 6 are the same. Another thing about them they seem to be optically as good as the delos imho, certainly as much contrast although tbf I haven't had them at a really dark site yet. WHen I do I shall stick a review up.

[Tinker1947]

Made the EP collection transportable and also help keep them dry......will be adding a few more Naglars so the present case it a make do......

Closed Case

Open Case

[alan potts]

Oh come on Tinker where is the 3.5mm and 40mm. The former is a superb eyepiece and I prefer it to my Delos but only just. Lovely set of eyepieces and rare to see so many Pentax's, many, like myself have one or two but that's almost a clean sweep.

[Tinker1947]

They stopped making the 40mm some time back i managed the 30mm but the money for a 40mm took to long to come by....

[alan potts]

Tinker,

It  was always a tug of war between the TV Panoptic and the 40mm XW for wide field, in the end I couldn't get one either and that was 3 years back, I guess the other 3.5mm is just a bit too short for you. I always wish they had made a few more in the range especially at the short end of things. Great eyepieces and as John always say's, what would they have done if they set out to make a range of astonomical eyepieces .

[Tinker1947]

Yes, the 3.5 is a bit short, the 5mm get very little use, but the others i'm happy with, just some 2" barrel Naglars to work towards next year....

[alan potts]

The 26mm would be my only inclusion with what you already have but then I guess you know exactly what you want.

Alan.

[topacid]

As i have been doing astronomy for the past 13 years i was aware of the existence of this forum and the wealth of information it provides but i shun away for having another account that i would eventually forget on an astronomy website. Frankly, i just used cloudynights and astromart. Then, one day, before this Christmas i started browsing this topic. At first i thought i was deranged, such a Pavlovian reflex, all the pretty pictures and imagining the thrill you would get using those things unde the stars. Oh well, here i am, and altough my case has yet to come - i usually have all my EPs in my TV-101 case - here is a picture of my crew. Currently pending are a 24 Pan, 17.3 and 6 Deloi and a 22 T4. I think ( hope ) that will do and i will stop. 

Clear skies! 

Vlad

[John]

Hi Vlad and welcome to the Stargazers Lounge

You have some very fine eyepieces there and some more excellent ones on the way as well !

[topacid]

Thank you John, this thread sounds like a "bizarro  world" AA meeting if you catch my drift.

[Ruud]

Hello Vlad,

You clearly have an eye for quality. Please tell us, why do you have your mind set on both a 24mm Panoptic and a 22mm Nagler?

[topacid]

Well, there is the weight issue and i sometimes use one of my scopes for public outreach and i feel the Panoptic is way better for that. For example i find the Nag a bit tight on the eye relief, and also when using the 28UWAN, a newb wouldn t be able to see the whole field with ease. I really love it and also learnd that  i can rest my head on the eyecup so comfy, but for beginners it s a mood killer.

I also have a tiny 6 inch dob that is highly portable and if i wanna have a minimal eyepiece collection with me i would get only non weapon grade glass, i feel that the 24 pan and 13T6 are the best for this. 

[topacid]

P.S. At the same time i am regretting selling the nice and simple plossls and orthos UO voclano tops i once had. So beside the main sequence, i m planning on getting some TV plossls and some voclano tops or HDs.  It s very hard loving optics  

[Ruud]

You'll need more than one case...

[MiguelMJr]

I would show my eyepiece container but I'm sure that everyone already knows what a plastic shopping bag looks like. I do have each of my two eyepieces in plastic cases.

Miguel

[nightfisher]

Having bought a new aluminium eyepiece case finally got round to ordering the foam for it, should be able to consolidate my 1.25 and 2" ep`s all in one case

[Dude_with_the_tube]

Small update on my cases.Got a binoviewer now and that one sits in the big case together with 2" Baader/Zeiss prism,ExSc 30mm,telrad and a pair or max visions 24 and 16mm (trialling them).

other pic is my "Precious" case with 2 full sets of BGO's and a set of Meade research grade orthos and Erfles.Does look like a serious ortho addiction

Edited January 7, 2015 by Dude_with_the_tube

[John]

You can get a lot of orthos in a case can't you ?

Very nice selection Dude

[Dude_with_the_tube]

You can get a lot of orthos in a case can't you ?

Very nice selection Dude

Cheers John,

if you stand them up i recon about 5 full sets should fit in that small case easy,but i am not going to try that