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Well I bit the bullet; I went in today convinced I was going to walk out with a 24mm, either the Pano or Meade SWA. It was only a daytime audition, nonetheless I was really impressed how the Meade compared to the TV, there really wasn't that much between them IMO, and Meade had slightly better eye relief, and the rotating eye guard is an excellent touch. I had all but decided...
But then I also tried the 27mm Panoptic, it really blew me away - I repeat what John B says above, the eye relief, overall view and comfort are streets ahead compared to the 24mm EP's - you can really sense that porthole feeling with this EP, 'immersive' is the definitely the word here. Another thing that swayed me in particular was the much brighter illumination; the 2inch diam and larger field stop make a huge difference here.
There is no doubt just how much the 'eye comfort' factor has influenced my most 2 recent EP purchases; a Radian and now 27mm Panoptic. I did not look at the Meade 28mm which is the 27mm Pano contender - the Meade diam was just getting too big and grenade like.
So end up walking out with the TV 27mm Pano! Thanks John B and others for your helpful info, Fox.
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