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Planning for my next scope...
Weighing up my options for my next scope, which include the RC8 which I recently sold... lol. Probably be a little way off yet but I'm trying to figure out what I want next. Of course, I want all the things:
1. 200mm + aperture -- well, maybe. Looking for something faster than my 100 ED, 200+ would be nice
2. (Effective) focal length of 900mm
3. Well-corrected colour
4. Holds focus very well -- I don't actually need to adjust my focus during a run at the moment and I'd like to keep it that way
5. No need for collimation, or holds it very well -- it's hard enough to get time for imaging without having to worry about that each time I want to do it
6. Imaging only scope
Does anyone have any experience with the various low-end 0.5x reducers paired with the RC8? I say low-end because I've not seen any "good" ones. This probably speaks to their effectiveness. It'll need to illuminate a sensor 11mm diagonal without introducing distortion.
The RC8 pretty much ticks all the boxes, except for the focal length so if I could simply introducer a reducer that offers more compression than the CCDT67 I have does, that could be a winner...
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