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Originally Posted by raymo
There must be plenty of people out there that would like to have one or
more barlows of magnifications that nobody seems to produce, such as
1.25x, 1.5x, or 1.75x. I imagine that many scope owners would like a
bit more power. I have a 2" 1.5x barlow that screws into the eyepiece,
and I use it a lot. Does anybody produce odd mag barlows?
raymo
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Other than the 1.5 screw on piece I can't imagine why I would want an odd mag barlow. I mean, hey, cool, another toy. But why?
For my 8" 1200 mm FL I have a 2" 2X barlow that does all my eyepieces.
For my short FL, 400 mm, refractor I have a 2X barlow and a 3X barlow. I guess I could have a 2.5 but would not see a need.
Just not enough of a market I would think, so they would be costly. Why pay twice as much for a 1.7 barlow as opposed to a 2X and a 3X for the same total.