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Graeme, the LVW's are an excellent line of eyepieces, even when considering their vintage. I have the 13mm which performs well in my f/5 TV refractors. Although the 13mm LVW is outclassed compared to my 14mm Delos (ie. sharpness, clarity, throughput, edge of field, flatness), to my eyes, the 13mm LVW is a more comfortable eyepiece to use vs. the 14mm Delos (even though both are 20mm ER). For me, eye placement is more critical in the Delos, so it takes more getting used to.
I also had the opportunity to try the 24mm, 13mm and 8mm Orion Stratus eyepieces which are the (much) cheaper LVW copies (like the Hyperions). Take it from me, the Orions are nice in many ways but definitely several rungs inferior to the original Vixen LVW's - you get what you pay for.
Fox
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