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Ultra Wide Angle Eyepieces on PF-65EDII
I'll be interested to hear how they turn out. I first decided on the WO based on a glowing review I read. However, I changed my mind because of the eye relief issue. I settled on the Baader Hyperion as the widest eyepiece with sufficient eye relief. Eye relief specs are notoriously... -
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Ultra Wide Angle Eyepieces on PF-65EDII
Yes, I'm using it with my glasses. The view is pretty impressive without them. If I really jam the eyepiece against my glasses and turn my head just right, I can almost see the field stop. It's not comfortable though. I saw an ad in one of my photography magazines from Hoodman. They have... -
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Ultra Wide Angle Eyepieces on PF-65EDII
Thanks Kevin, The Meade 20mm SWA came yesterday. The AFOV is awesome, but the eye relief is just a mm or two short. So, I'm going to return it. I'll probably get a Baader Hyperion. It's hard to imagine what an 82 deg AFOV would be like, much less 100 deg. Can you even see the field stop... -
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Ultra Wide Angle Eyepieces on PF-65EDII
The Skies Unlimited website says 68 deg for the Meade 5000 20mm SWA. I am a little confused about these specs, though. In the binoculars forum, the optics experts say that the old method of computing AFOV as mag*FOV is just an approximation and they gave a formula involving trigonometry to... -
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Ultra Wide Angle Eyepieces on PF-65EDII
I just ordered a Pentax PF-65EDII from BuyDig.com. They've got them for $400 with a 20-60X zoom eyepiece. http://www.buydig.com/shop/product.aspx?sku=PKPF65EDII I assume the eyepiece is the XF which doesn't have enough eye relief for me. So, my plan is to resell the zoom and buy some fixed...