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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FrankD" data-source="post: 1412800" data-attributes="member: 18544">CP,No biggie. The Celestron seems to fill the role I was going to use the Scopetronix for. Overall I enjoy the optical performance for a zoom of this price. At 24 mm it is very bright, reasonably sharp and has good edge sharpness. At 8 mm it is noticeably dimmer but still reasonably sharp with little noticeable CA. That was a bit of a surprise.I am really warming up to the Meade 5000 series Plossl though. I cannot really find anything to fault it for. It reminds me quite a bit of a "mini-Pentax" both in terms of its physical size and its optical performance (70 vs. 60 degree field of view). It seems very well put together and I think the apparent sharpness is actually a hair better than the SWAN (which I also enjoy using quite a bit).</blockquote>