I recently somewhat filled out my eyepiece set back to what I had before I sold all my 1.25" but as some of the eyepieces I sold are no longer available I replaced with newer ones and in some cases I am happy, but a few I have been looking and actually haven't been available to find even in the classifieds for over a year.
So are there any older eyepieces you miss and would like to see available again?
For me, at one point I had a set of Zhummel Planetaries, Meades, Celestrons, Hyperions, Brandons, Plossls, Orthos and a few others.
I sold them to get 100* or to get Televue or to buy cameras/filters/etc.
Most I was fine with as they were good, but the replacement was better, a few I wasn't impressed with (Radians and Brandons just never attracted me). But a few I would buy again if I could.
Of the series I owned, I always liked the Meade 5000 series UWA but not the later series, the series made by JOC, I believe the dates were from 2012 to 2019. They were really good eyepieces and a bargain compared to the Naglers. While I no longer have the 4.7 and 6.7 , I can always get a 4 and 6MM De Lite, the Meade UWAs were great and while a few new eyepieces have taken their place, they currently don't yet meet "almost a Nagler at 50% of the cost".
So what old series would you like to come back?
Edited by hfjacinto, 15 May 2025 - 08:16 AM.