taxman
26-08-2009, 09:33 PM
After some time on Luna, Jupiter and the Lagoon & Triffid nebulae through my TV102 over past week, I am pretty sure I prefer the 19 Panoptic to my 17 Ethos.
I know - weird...
The Ethos is of course much, much wider, but I find the view in the Pano to be somewhat more pleasing. It is hard to define, perhaps a little more sharp and a little more contrasty.
I had a bit of a down-size a few months ago and got rid of everything with the aim of getting a TV85 at the new price it was then ($4099 I think), but got a used TV102 with Gibraltar in immaculate condition for about 60% of the new 85 alone instead. Which left me with quite a bit of wonga left over.
I assumed the Ethos line would be the best in the Televue line up as they were the most expensive. And they were certainly better than my Meade SWAs, my Williams SWANs and various plossls. But over the last week, I have been using a friend's TV85 to see if I made the right decision (I did - my TV102 will need to be pried from my cold, dead hands) and cannot get over the view from the 19 Pano in the 102.
So tell me, has anyone else found this to be the case or am I crazy to be considering selling my 17 Ethos and replacing it with a 27 or 35 Pano and Powermate?
I know - weird...
The Ethos is of course much, much wider, but I find the view in the Pano to be somewhat more pleasing. It is hard to define, perhaps a little more sharp and a little more contrasty.
I had a bit of a down-size a few months ago and got rid of everything with the aim of getting a TV85 at the new price it was then ($4099 I think), but got a used TV102 with Gibraltar in immaculate condition for about 60% of the new 85 alone instead. Which left me with quite a bit of wonga left over.
I assumed the Ethos line would be the best in the Televue line up as they were the most expensive. And they were certainly better than my Meade SWAs, my Williams SWANs and various plossls. But over the last week, I have been using a friend's TV85 to see if I made the right decision (I did - my TV102 will need to be pried from my cold, dead hands) and cannot get over the view from the 19 Pano in the 102.
So tell me, has anyone else found this to be the case or am I crazy to be considering selling my 17 Ethos and replacing it with a 27 or 35 Pano and Powermate?