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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DRodrigues" data-source="post: 3556754" data-attributes="member: 55152">Thanks for these comments.:t: I have a pair of Meade 5000/60 26mm on my binocombo <a href="http://www.pt-ducks.com/cr-telescopes.htm#CR-binoviewing" target="_blank">http://www.pt-ducks.com/cr-telescopes.htm#CR-binoviewing</a> and was thinking of trying these new ES62/26 to enlarge a bit the AFOVs/TFOVs...<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />However, my fears might be true and, from CN, the idea passing is that these ES62 eyepieces are a new version of the Meade 5000/60... That's not necessarily a bad thing for daylight use since, like you, I enjoy these eps design and the ES62 might benefit from improved coatings and are waterproof. For me is a bit disappointment since someone mentioned at CN that the ES62 were designed by the same technician that designed the ES92 - I have an ES92 12mm and is a revolution on wide AFOV eps, being one my preferred eps for birding...:king:  I had a pair of Televue Panoptic 24 for my binocombo but sold it since the eyerelief was short for use with eye-glasses and the TFOV is a bit smaller than the Meade 60 26mm (the Pan 24 also showed quiet a lot pincushion distortion but that didn't bothered me...). Since you find that the ES68 24mm have eye-relief enough for eye-glass use, I might give a try of these. By the way, on my searches for the binocombo, some years ago, I found that the Baader Hyperion 24mm had a TFOV similar to the Meade 60º 26 (so a bit wider than the Pano 24), but to see all AFOV I had to press too much my eye-glasses against the eps... I might test these again since I will invest again on improving my binocombo...Since at least 2012, I'm planning to do a comparing test of larger FOV 1.25" eps for birding but meanwhile I focused on the >90º AFOV eps of my monoview birding combos <a href="http://www.pt-ducks.com/cr-telescopes.htm#Test%20of%2082%C2%BA,%20100%C2%BA%20and%20102%C2%BA%20AFOV%20zooms" target="_blank">http://www.pt-ducks.com/cr-telescopes.htm#Test%20of%2082%C2%BA,%20100%C2%BA%20and%20102%C2%BA%20AFOV%20zooms</a> ... I might do it this year...<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />   By the way, the existing 25mm eps of 60º are nice (The Meade version is also waterproof), but I also prefer the older Meade 5000/60 26, since have more light and a bit, but noticeable, TFOV. I also add that I didn't invested in the past on a pair of XW20 because these have lower TFOV than the other solutions. Having presently a XW20, I'm also considering getting another since love their AFOVs and easy to look through, also because I'm planning to accomplish a lower minimum focal length of my binocombo, so the lower TFOV of the XW20 will be compensated by that...o<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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