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Old 02-02-2016, 07:43 PM
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MortonH
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Received the 26mm and 10mm Halloweens today and just gave them a quick try out in solar in my SV66ED and Lunt wedge. The 26mm gives a lovely view. Lots of eye relief obviously which makes it easy to use although you do get some stray light. I've got a rubber eye guard around somewhere I might add to it.

I then tried the 10m and compared it to my SLV 10mm. Couldn't see any obvious differences in image quality but I noticed the difference in eye relief immediately. It's a long, long time since I've looked through an eyepiece with only 7mm of eye relief!

Actually my eye socket seemed to rest comfortably on the edge of the eyepiece and position my eye perfectly. Not sure I'd want to do that on a freezing cold night but it works! In comparison the SLV with its 20mm of eye relief felt so different and more comfortable.

Forecast is clear tonight so will get them out under the stars later.
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