I spoke to Jim at Questar this morning and he said that as much as anything, it's a matter of getting used to it and that dimmer objects were harder to pick up visually because the finder doesn't use light gathering optics unlike what I'm used to when I use my refractors.
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Celestron FS 80 EQ WA
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Zeiss Victory 10x25 binoculars
Garrett 25x100 IF binoculars
Manfrotto 475B/501
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