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Old 12-02-2008, 08:36 PM
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F3.3 focal reducers

I had just started to have a play around with my DSI II in the last couple of weeks, until the cloud came back again. The first night out I tried the C11 on the Moon and of course could only get a tiny sliver onto the laptop screen Basically, no big surprise with a focal length of around 3000mm. I haven't had a chance to try the 6.8 on there yet, but I was also thinking of the benefits of using a 3.3? This will drop the focal length to around 1000mm which is comparable to 80-100mm scopes, so it would give a much wider field. At the moment the budget won't stretch to a refractor, but I could stretch to play around with a reducer.

Does anyone have a C11 with a 3.3? Any recomendations on brand? Any better than others? Or anyone using a 3.3 on other SCTs? Pros and cons?

So I can use the 6.8 for visual but you can't use the 3.3, why not? Is the curvature too great, can't focus, severe vignetting.

Any suggestions or recomendations appreciated!
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