It has come to pass , down in the beginners EQ forums that there are a few here that still hold these old .965 Inch H20's , Or's and SR4mm eyepieces in their collections and still use them
, like me .
I have two of these survivors , a H20mm and SR5mm , both in good condition and I do bring them out every now and then to remind me of how lucky we are today .
The SR5mm gives me 200x in my Istar and the inner 25% is very good on Jupiter , Saturn and the likes , but the outer 75% is hideous !!
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But it was all I had 25 years ago before this chineese revolution we like and enjoy so much today
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Why have I kept these 2 eyepieces , well ,,, I made a quality .965inch to 1 1/4 inch adaptor years ago so I could use my Zeiss .965's and now we are talking
. .965 inch eyepieces can be found in real quality .
So I do take the Hygenes and Series Ransdom's (?) out for a look at star light every now and then , just to bring me back down to earth
and it works .
Hope this makes sence
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Anyway pitch in here so we don't hi-jack Ricks original thread any more .
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Brian.