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Old 31-07-2019, 07:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Ukastronomer View Post
I don't think you can be that specific, you have not taken in to account the other reasons for having it

1. Convenience, if IO carried the same but in prime eyepieces I would have 8 in the car

2. When out I always carry my ed 72mm in the car with Quark, thie eyepiece allows simple and fast access to Ha when out and when visiting nature reserves, the convenience of a birding scope
I know very well the reasons for owning a zoom. But those don't outweigh the terrible low power AFOV in my opinion.
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