Synta eyepieces

[blinky]

Are Synta EP's any good? I have found a couple for a very good price, whats everybody's thoughts? The current EP's I have were very cheap around £35 for 5 of them!! I am wondering if these would be better quality?

[blinky]

Just found out these are Kellner EP's any good?

[GazOC]

No, to be honest Blinky. They come free with Synta/ Skywatcher scopes and are OK to get you by until you get better eyepieces but I wouldn't buy them as an upgrade.

[GordonCopestake]

For about the same price you can get Plossls which are significantly better than the Kellners. If you dont have many eyepieces (or all the ones you have are poor quality) you might be interested in investing in an eyepiece set. For £99 you get a whole host of useful plossls, filters, barlows and a metal case to keep them all in.

Steve at first light optics can point you in the right direction im sure

[blinky]

I am waiting to see if I win this months compo

These were on ebay for 2quid each!! Thought it was too good to be true

[GordonCopestake]

kellners can be good for special purpose eyepieces but for general use go with plossls. Plossls can be had for cheap too as they are the most common eyepiece and hence mass produced in their thousands (millions?)

[blinky]

What about a Synta Plossl EP? 6.3mm 1.25" for a fiver?

[GordonCopestake]

To be honest unless you are SERIOUSLY strapped for cash I would save your pennies and have a think about what eyepieces you want. I own 4 eyepieces that I use, and have slowly upgraded those 4 to decent ones. Rather than just buying an eyepiece based on price you are better off deciding which eyepiece you want and saving for that piece. You can buy a hundred cheapo eyepieces and not be happy with any of them, or you can spend £50 on 1 and it last you a life time of observing.

[blinky]

Yeah good point I am looking for a high power EP for viewing Saturn and Jupiter when it comes round. I do have a 6mm Plossl but am unsure of its quality. I have also got a 3X Televu Barlow so would like something good to go with it!

[GordonCopestake]

get a 3-6 zoom, a nice eyepiece for planetary viewing. Or go for the TMB/Burgess supermonos. Others can supply there thoughts too im sure

[blinky]

How 'bout these? 70quid

[GazOC]

For planetary views orthoscopics are the best value out there, you can pick them up for around £20 secondhand.

[blinky]

I will have a dig around for ortho's then

[GordonCopestake]

The hyperions are nice for DSO's and wide field viewing but as Gaz suggested the orthos are great planetary eyepieces and cheap enough second hand. Good quality plossls are pretty good too, the TV plossls are worth buying for general use and planetary

[John]

I will have a dig around for ortho's then

Telescope House are doing 4mm and 5mm Ortho's for £29.99 apiece in their clearance section. I think they are made at the same factory as University Optics Ortho's so they are probably good.

John.