Olivion eyepiece

[Visionary]

Has anyone had experience with the Olivion range of eyepieces? I am interested in the Olivion 3.5mm it presents with interesting stats @ 70* field of view & 20mm of eye relief it certainly sounds the goods and at about 1/2 the price of a T/V with similar stats seems to be stunning value. Before I lurch out I would appreciate your input. Cheers David

[dannat]

it is the same eyepiece under diff brand name - eg astrotech AF is another source , barsta & skywatcher have another version- gets reasonable reviews on CN threads i have read

[glend]

At first reading I thought it was Oblivion.

[Visionary]

Autocorrect makes it almost impossible to type Olivion, autocorrect hates Olivion.

[dannat]

if you can find a 3.5mm LVW on the used market that would be a good choice

[brian nordstrom]

:thumbsup: I had a set of the Orion branded type , pretty good all round eyepieces that I used and enjoyed for years , but :D The TV bug bit and I sold them all , but all in all a good eyepiece as the 20mm eye relief makes them easy for newbys to look thru .
Personally they are amongst the easiest design to use , very like the Vixen LV's and LVW's at 1/2 the price .
Brian.

[Visionary]

Brian,

That's exactly the impression I gained when reading through the specs, an easy to use eye piece. Though I have a reasonable Barlow a Celestron 2" it drops a lot of light. My wish is to get in the region of 330 mag without too much light drop. I am aware seeing conditions limit mag but for lunar obs I would love something that provides "up-close and personal" I want the flinty smell of lunar dust in my nose. Lol

David