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Lawrence Sayre
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Re: Best Eyepieces For $100 or Less
08/08/08 05:46 AM
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Sorry, but it's TeleVue Plossl's and Orion Ultrascopics that represent the best optics available for (on average) about $100 per without going over. 50-52 degrees is a fairly wide field of view. Plus, I still stand by Don Pensak's famous truism:
optical quality, wide-field, affordable (choose any two)
I'll admit that in the 68 degree AFOV range the Hyperion at $120 (formerly $99) stands tall, but is the power of a 68 degree AFOV field sufficient inducement to sacrifice any level of optical quality?
If the best in class is desired for 68 degree AFOV, then the Panoptic would be my choice, followed by Pentax XW in the shorter FL's which are not available in the Panoptic line.
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