My Baader zoom arrived today, It's huge. (1 Viewer)

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giosblue

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• Nov 9, 2015

• #41

Yes, thanks for the post Dave, very interesting. If I'm reading it right, it looks like you can buy an adapter to fit Astro EP's to the Optolyth.

 

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jring

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• Nov 9, 2015

• #42

giosblue said:

Yes, thanks for the post Dave, very interesting. If I'm reading it right, it looks like you can buy an adapter to fit Astro EP's to the Optolyth.

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Yes, part number ZUB-24068...

Cheers,

Joachim

 

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giosblue

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• Nov 9, 2015

• #43

jring said:

Yes, part number ZUB-24068...

Cheers,

Joachim

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Thanks Joachim, I've just found one one Ebay, not cheap though at nearly £80 inc postage. :eek!:

Ron

 

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jring

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• Nov 9, 2015

• #44

giosblue said:

Thanks Joachim, I've just found one one Ebay, not cheap though at nearly £80 inc postage. :eek!:

Ron

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89€ on german ebay with free shipping (in germany)...

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Optolyth-Ast...889495?hash=item53eb3c6597:g:dNEAAMXQVT9SrYe4

Joachim

 

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giosblue

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• Nov 9, 2015

• #45

That's the one I'm looking at, says a £10 postage though? Looking at it, I can't see how it works.
You won't be able to get the EP flush.

 

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jring

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• Nov 9, 2015

• #46

giosblue said:

That's the one I'm looking at, says a £10 postage though? Looking at it, I can't see how it works.
You won't be able to get the EP flush.

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Hi,

ok was to be expected that free postage is germany only...
As for the fit, yes if your EP needs to sit flush to focus, this adapter probably is not the best idea...

Joachim

 

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giosblue

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• Nov 9, 2015

• #47

It might not need to be flush, I'm going to try it later and see if I can still obtain the focus I need

 

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giosblue

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• Nov 9, 2015

• #48

I've been doing a bit more digging and it seems Pentax eyepieces are the std 1.25in astro scope fitting, so I could easily fit these to my Optolyth.
They are more expensive than the Baader, but these are top quality Japanese lenses, are they they likely to be any better optically than the Baader?

Ron

 

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DRodrigues

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• Nov 10, 2015

• #49

Attention that the image shows the wrong adapter!!! Optolyth doesn't explain it well and can generate confusions...
The image shows the adapter to use Optolyth eyepieces in astro-telescopes. The adapter you need is the opposite - you want to use astro-eyepieces on Optolyth telescopes... See the info and picture after the table at http://www.pt-ducks.com/cr-telescopes.htm#Test%20of%20100mm%20telescopes

 

kkokkolis

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• Nov 11, 2015

• #50

giosblue said:

I've been doing a bit more digging and it seems Pentax eyepieces are the std 1.25in astro scope fitting, so I could easily fit these to my Optolyth.
They are more expensive than the Baader, but these are top quality Japanese lenses, are they they likely to be any better optically than the Baader?

Ron

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Indeed, they are.