|
I just got the standard WO 2", Phil, not the much more expensive dielectric variety. It's the SCT version that screws directly onto the visual back, replacing the original eyepiece holder. Ordered it from OPT. About $130US from memory, about $10US more than the Meade 2" model. Just realised too, I was a bit generous with my estimate of its clearance of the base of the fork arms... I said in my previous post it was 2-3cm... more like 15-20mm.
Yes, the QX's are great value in these scopes. I can't say what they're like in slower F ratios, however. I've become particularly fond of the 26. Nice wide field, sharp field stop, and only a very little softening of star images at the edge of the FOV... but only if you deliberately go looking for it. They're aren't too many ep's that don't suffer from that, even if you pay four times the price! I'll definitely let you know what the 36 is like when it arrives.
|