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Hi Bill,

Are these really new, or the same old 125mm f/5 achro's that Vixen has been selling for years? If so, my guess is that they are going to have a fair amount of color. This may not bother you at low magnifications, but if it proves to be objectionable at high powers the advantage of interchangeable ep's is somewhat negated.

Milt

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My info says they are a new design....I guess we'll have to wait and see. I hope for better coatings and perhaps a third objective element for field flattening.

The advantage to me of interchangable eps is that I can select the finest available (IMO the 24 Pans are at the top of the list for low power, the 14mm Denks for medium). The oculars always seem to be the weakest link and heavily contribute to the field edge distortions, even on expensive binos.

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10x50 Fujinon FMT-SX binos
15x70 AP binos + Paragon p-mount
Oberwerk 100BT 45 degree + Hercules fork mount
120mm f/5 Orion achromat + Moonlite focuser
140mm f/5.7 Vixen NeoAchro Petzvel refractor
150mm f/6.5 Antares achromat
150mm f/8 homemade achromat....EE Barnard MW Sweeper
8 inch newt with f/5 Swayze mirror
10 inch f/4.7 Orion newt + Paracorr
15 inch f/5 Discovery split tube
35mm Pan, 26mm Nagler, 17mm Nagler, 13mm Ethos, 8mm Ethos

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Edited by Mr. Bill (06/25/08 03:47 PM)

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