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Originally Posted by Wavytone
Oh they aren't crap, that's for sure.
The big question is how the APM UFF 10 and 15 compare against say Vixen LVW 8 and 13, the Vixen SSW10 and 14, or the TV Nagler/Radian/Delos/Delite/Panoptic.
I'm thinking of ordering the 30mm and maybe the 18.
Here's another thought for you too... someone has recently revisited Dollond eyepieces (a cemented achro doublet) and concluded the image quality really is excellent if you can live with a 30 degree field of view. In particular the clarity and contrast are quite striking, and concluded that centuries ago refractor users really were able to push their scopes to the limits. It has had me scrabbling around tonight to find some optics I can cannibalise to make a Dollond, just to try. I either have to dismantle a 10mm LV (hmm...Kunama wants one) or a camera lens...
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This sounds like the old adage that less elements is more in optical terms. An old Japanese 12.5 Kellner I had from Unitron had the sharpest and clearest image Ive ever seen on axis !
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