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Originally Posted by sopticals
I have both, there is a noticeable difference in favour of the Nagler. To my eye better colour rendition, and overall better viewer satisfaction. However the ES is also an excellent ocular. If you haven't enjoyed the N31 experience then the ES is fine. Pic of contenders.
Stephen
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Well, for 200% of the price of the ES I would expect better viewer satisfaction. Right now you could get a ES 30 delivered from the US for about $450AUD. How much delivered is the Nagler from a local shop in AUS? Over $1000? You might get one delivered for about $900AUD from the US.
Better color rendition? I wonder. Have they updated the coatings to that of the Delos line? Because last time I looked through an assortment of Nagler's (admittedly early 2016) they had a warm tone to the color. Which is fine if that's what you like I guess. Actually so did the Panoptics now that I think about it. The ES 30 has a more neutral/cool color tone to it. Not unlike Pentax, and Delos eyepieces.
As I mentioned earlier - correction is better in fast scopes. F5 and less. Its obvious. But for >F6 refractors, cats and newtonian's the ES correction is excellent from edge to edge.
But, you know. If one does get the 31 T4 at least there will be no doubt in their mind they have pretty much the best corrected lower powered view possible. $450-$500 difference is a lot of money though. You could get 2 extra ES82 eyepieces for that money.