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Old 30-01-2016, 07:45 PM
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Yep ....I'm one ... I consider the ' early ' Japanese Plossl a great eyepiece to have.

I have the Vixen / Celestron and Meade smooth side Plossls in my collection.

I found a very nice and hard to find Vixen 45mm / 1.25 Eyepiece a little while ago....see pics.... brilliant performer...

I consider these to be ' up there ' with the modern Plossls ... in fact I enjoy them more so, because of their sharpness / clarity and lightness / and Japanese Quality.

A couple I use are the ' black top ' Vixen and Celestron 26mm Plossl.
I have a couple of Meade 3000 series eyepieces ... 26mm and a 18mm

Celestron Ulitma 12mm, 18mm and the 42mm 1.25 eyepieces.... would like to to get a 24mm Ultima.

and a 40mm Grenade 2" Meade 4000 series Super Wide Angle Eyepiece .... a giant of an eyepiece.

There are other early Japanese eyepieces I have ...to numerous to list.

Why do I have them .... not made anymore / available on the S/H Market / and are sort after by those who regard them worthy for their eyepiece collection.

BTW ...... when you do find them available in good / excellent condition they can be bought for less than 1/2 the price of modern day Plossl's

I still look for them even today on the Net.

Flash .....
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