Zoom EPs

[DAVPPK]

Hey guys, can anyone tell me if zoom eps can be used in the 'inbetween' settings eg 12-16, can you use the 13, 14 &15mm??

thanks,

dave

[GazOC]

It depends if they are advertised as 'click stop' or not. The ones that are click stop 'fall' into the settings and are a lot harder to keep fixed inbetween those settings than the ones that arn't click stop were every magnification is equally easy to select.

[DAVPPK]

cool, so tou have 14 Eps in 1?? (eg 7-21mm= 14 'inbetweeners')

[Astro_Baby]

Yes - sort of. Theres a review of some of them in Septembers Sky at Night Magazine coming up.

They are not supposed to work well in fast scopes and the best advice I got was the view is never as good as single EPs.

[GazOC]

Yep, but even in expensive zooms the views are rarely as good as with decent, dedicated focal length eyepieces.

IMHO a zoom eyepiece is something to have in a eyepiece collection, not instead of an eyepiece collection.