[grumps]

Hi, a new member after lurking and enjoying the posts.

My scope is nearly as old as me - the old HR 60 with fixed 22x eyepiece. As its Imperial I can't get eyepieces but having read the threads and chatted with Opticron I am led to believe the zoom eyepieces will fit. Fairly expensive these zoom thingies.

My question is - have any of you similar oldies gone down this route and what are your thoughts? Can't really afford to upgrade so £140 for a lens seems good if the combination works.

Thanks in anticipation,

Hugh

(aka to grandkids as grumps)

[Chris Oates]

I bought an HDF zoom for my Mighty Midget II, this later went on an ES80ED scope..I then bought an SDL zoom..the HDF went back on the MM II.
I needed an adaptor to do this which Opticron supplied at no charge - both zooms work very nicely on the cheaper scope.
One thing that sits gather dust though is an Opticron 2x adapter, it sits over an eyepiece (various tubes available to fit)...horridly tiny dark image.

[grumps]

Thanks for the reply Chris. Tried a zoom on my scope and didn't really like the limited view. Compared it to expensive scopes and zooms and realised I would have to spend a lot for something I would be happy with.

By chance today saw and bought a second hand 30x which fits my old scope. Am pleased with this and am now looking for a 45x in imperial - long wait I would think.