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Originally Posted by GHarper
I have 3 - 5000 series Ultrawide. 6.7mm, 14mm, & 18mm. I use them for getting the clearest view. I had to give up a Pentax 10mm XW because I couldn't see any better than any of the Meade's.
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Hi,
I am not trying to be nasty at all here, I am trying to help you. If you couldn't pick the difference between a Pentax XW and those Meade series 5000 eyepieces then 1 of two things is going on:
1) You may be a very inexperienced observer. If this is so then that's fine and the Meade 5000 eyepieces will keep you happy for at least the next couple of years. It takes several years to develop your observing skills to their maximum. An inexperienced observer may not notice obvious differences in performance between a "fair" eyepiece and an "excellent" eyepiece. When used in a high quality telescope, the differences between those eyepieces are blatantly obvious to an experienced observer.
2) There is something seriously wrong with your telescope or telescopes. This could be poor collimation, or bad optics.
What scope(s) were you using the eyepieces in to draw those conclusions ?
CS-John B