I do a fair amount of daytime digiscoping of birds and have tested several eyepieces for this purpose. So far the TV Radian18mm works the best. A comparison...
Scott; The only spotting scope eyepiece I have tried in scopes is the Zeiss 8.4mm to 25.1mm zoom. It, along with the Hyperion zoom, seem to be the widest...
Orion has announced three new ED Doublet refractors per their latest catalog. These are a 72mm F6, a 80mm F6.25 and a 120mm F7.5. All are described as...
Michael, They don't look like they are Synta's. The EON 120mm ED could be the same glass as the old 120ED but the focuser looks like the Long Perng two speed...
Probably neither.. They are made by Taiwanese maerk,Long Perng for both. http://www.longperng.com.tw/ And more companies will be selling them soon. Andre ... ...
Michael; So far as I know William Optics is not a manufacturer. Many of their scopes are made by Long Perng who also sells to others. Some WO scopes, such as...
Yahoo seems to be having problems again with slowed response and loss of messages. One I tried posting yesterday never made it. Apparently gone to the big...
I've had some problems with Yahoo lately too. Also roadrunner (time warner) was getting pretty slow but lately seems to have picked up. Main way to tell is...
Scott - I have the Nikon Fieldscope 7mm and 10.5mm eyepieces, with Borg 1.25 inch adaptors. I love these eyepieces! They are 72 degree AFOV and much lighter...
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Well it looks like I will be buying a Celestron CR-6. What eyepieces would you recommend for this scope? What diagonal would you recommend for this scope? ...
Hello TMT, I use a 2" TeleVue Everbrite diagonal, expensive but excellent quality and with much improved images over the stock Celestron item. I also use...
Group - after reading several posts from members curious about the useability of fast achromats such as the Synta 150 mm f/8 (C6R, SkyWatcher 150, etc.),...
Rich: These are APM scopes on the highlighted section of refractor classified. Looks like they're trying to bring some manufacturing to the USA. Jim Curry ......
... Here is the ad from Markus, no affiliation of any kind, just a heads up: http://www.astromart.com/classifieds/details.asp?classified_id=557589 Glass from...
AMD is bringing manufacturing to the USA and hard to believe it but US car exports have doubled since 2002--from a low base, to be sure, but what the hey. AMD...
Don; Generally speaking APM scopes have a reputation for excellent optics. So far as I know historically all of their refractor optics are from LZOS or LOMO...
Rich, follow the link and you will see Markus say the telescopes are to be made in China, glass from Ohara and plans to build the tubes in US. Based upon...
I wonder what Chinese optical manufacturer Markus will be using. Based on conversations with one astro equipment importer from China I talk with regularly, and...
I have read the announcement from Markus now. I do note that it is an ED doublet so that the question now becomes what are the glasses being used and how good...
I finally received the focusers for the two ED65 scopes I originally got from Burgess Optical for $20 each. Total investment per scope is about $60 for OTA...
Rich, I believe Most of the companies in this business are not manufactures (actually not only in this business). Some companies buy "ready to go products",...
Hello, Just for information. Orion Optics UK still makes its own range of telescopes, as well as sell the Vixen range of imports. Orion Optics UK is expensive...
So far as I know AP and TEC are the only American refractor companies which are true manufacturers in the old sense of the term of making almost all items in...
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