[Nightingale]

So i just tested a masuyama 32mm 85 deg in my Meade 12 inch f/10.. I must say that this is a good eyepiece when it comes to contrast. For more than 72 (roughly) degrees field, I would have to position my head slightly and it feels as though I am sneaking under the barrel to get the whole field.. Are these how all wide angle eyepieces built? I always thought of a wide angle eyepiece of just having to move my eyeball rather than my head to observe the outer field? I wonder if the ethos series are the same?
And also, if you already have a low power wide angle eyepiece (in my case a 32mm masuyama), which ethos would you go for? A 17mm or a 21mm? mind you, DSOs are still my main target but I need more magnification..
And also, will the stellarvue optimus or the 100degree Lunt/APM stack up to the Televue ethos’s contrast?
Thoughts would be appreciated..