Thread: Which 80mm?
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Old 25-01-2008, 10:24 PM
Hagar (Doug)
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Hi Jason, ED80, You realy can't go wrong. The scope is nearly a perfect match to a DSLR and will probably work quite well with a web cam. The requirement for a focal reducer/flattener can be removed by cropping your final images. As to which one? Well the choise is yours. Skywatcher Orion, Celestron and most of the major brands are made by Synta (China), they all have little diferences but all in all are basicly the same scope with good quality lensing. If you take a look at my site you can see several images taken with a Skywatcher ED80 and a couple of DSLR cameras at prime focus.
http://www.web.aanet.com.au/dbraid

Sky watcher at least come with tube rings, finder, 2" crayford and dovetail bar for around the same price as the others without tube rings.
Andrews have ED80 at reasonable prices for the standard blue tubed scope.

Hope this helps and good luck

Cheers
Doug
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