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Well Jan Seyfried and company do not exaggerate - if they say it's good you can take it to the bank. Their Orthoscopics are some of the best eyepieces you can get at any price. I am thinking about a binoviewer and this makes me think harder, although I am still leaning toward the Denkmeier because of its larger clear aperture. But this one would be in second place I think. Personally, this is sort of a trivial point I know, but I don't really like the white finish of the WO.

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I was once told that ALL the 200-300 dollar binviewers are actually copies of one another made in the same factory, and simply SOLD by different companies because they bundle the bino with different things.

If this is the case, then optically there is no difference between any of these 200 dollar binos. The only difference i can see MAYBE is the alignment of the two eyepieces.

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I was once told that ALL the 200-300 dollar binviewers are actually copies of one another made in the same factory, and simply SOLD by different companies because they bundle the bino with different things.

If this is the case, then optically there is no difference between any of these 200 dollar binos. The only difference i can see MAYBE is the alignment of the two eyepieces.

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I was once told that ALL the 200-300 dollar binviewers are actually copies of one another made in the same factory, and simply SOLD by different companies because they bundle the bino with different things.

If this is the case, then optically there is no difference between any of these 200 dollar binos. The only difference i can see MAYBE is the alignment of the two eyepieces.

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If the binoviewers are not collimated properly, the you will DEFINITELY see a difference from a well-collimated set. This is a labor-intensive step and can account for significant price differentials, but results in a useful versus a useless (uncollimated) product.

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Good thing you mentioned it...look at the website for this university optics mk-20, it says it comes with:

" In addition: we will include a certificate of collimation from our Takashashi based parallel light colliminator. We are also including a free foam lined aluminum storage case."

I dont know if the other binoviewers come with certification of collimation, but this one sure does.

What about the william optics 200 dollar and stellarvue 200 dollar binos...

has anyone ever received them off collimation? If so what do you do? send it back just like a regular defective products?

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Well Jan Seyfried and company do not exaggerate - if they say it's good you can take it to the bank. Their Orthoscopics are some of the best eyepieces you can get at any price. I am thinking about a binoviewer and this makes me think harder, although I am still leaning toward the Denkmeier because of its larger clear aperture. But this one would be in second place I think. Personally, this is sort of a trivial point I know, but I don't really like the white finish of the WO.

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I was once told that ALL the 200-300 dollar binviewers are actually copies of one another made in the same factory, and simply SOLD by different companies because they bundle the bino with different things.

If this is the case, then optically there is no difference between any of these 200 dollar binos. The only difference i can see MAYBE is the alignment of the two eyepieces.

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That would be correct. In fact there are no less than a half dozen different companies that are all selling the same binoviewer, just under a different name, and several with different options on how to hold the eyepieces. this is another one of the same manufacture. You can find all the information on the different brands and where they are made in our resources links pinned at the top of the forum.

Worth noting, the UO binoviewer does not come supplied with an OCA/OCS. You will need to purchase one separately for use in a standard refractor. You don't need one for use in a SCT.

edz

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