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[jrcrilly]

Sadly, I have chosen the heavier Type 4's and original Naglers for my Cyclops eyepiece collection and none of 'em are suitable for bino use. I've used a pair of 19mm Panoptics in my Black Nights and they looked great. At NEAF I was able to look through a TV and a Denkmeier both with 16mm T5 Naglers and those also looked great. I picked up a pair of original (Type nothing) 7mm Naglers but haven't been able to try them yet; I'll make a report here when I get that opportunity. Still pondering unloading the T4's and switching to T6's or T5's.

[Tom T]

I use a set of 13mm t6's to good effect, and I believe Jim G uses 16mm t5's. Others I know from the TV group have sets of the t6's for binoviewing.

WARNING - if you like wide FOV's, you may never want to go back.

Tom T.

[rboe]

Jim;

I guess I'll find out sooner or later, but how do the 16mm Naglers stand up to your 19mm panoptics refrence standard?

Perhaps I would be well advised NOT to look thru them

Ron

[Paul G]

Yes. The type 6's (7, 9 and 13's) and the 16 type 5. Wow!

[tomhole]

Jim,

I am looking seriously at the 16 NT5's, but had a couple questions.

Do you also have the 24 Pans?

Can you see the field stop in the 16NT5's?

Is the 10mm er comfortable? (I don't wear glasses)

Here's where I'm going. I'm weighing the Pan 24 against the 16NT5's. In my XT10, the 24 Pans with the 1.2x OCS give me 60x and 1.13 deg TFOV. The 16NT6 gives me 90x and .91 deg TFOV. But, if I need to move my head around to get that entire 82 deg AFOV in the 16NT5, I might want to start with the Pans. But, the 16NT5 is a better fit for me right now as I have/will have pairs of 25mm Epics and 9mm Expanse ep's. The 16NT5 would fit nicely in the middle until the bank account can afford a pair of 24 Pans and 9NT5's as bookends for the 16NT5's.

I wish there were someone nearby that had a pair, but, alas, we have no binoviewers yet in my club (that I know of). Try before you buy may not be an option for me.

Clear skies,

Tom