I am planning to change my 22 Panoptic for either a 20 or 22 Nagler.
I am interested on any comments you may have about the pluses and minuses of each one. They cost pretty much the same, so money is not the issue. They are both very chunky eyepeices, and with my scope, weight considerations do not come into it, either.
The 20 Nagler will produce 125x magnification, the 22 Nagler 115x.
I have read some wonderful things about both EPs, but a few criticisms as well. For example, in relation to the 22, I understand it is a bit prone to kidney bean distortion, that edge of field performance is a bit iffy, and the click-stop eye adjustment is a bit annoying to some.
I would prefer to go with the 22 Nagler in terms of its framing of objects. I love my 22 Panoptic, but it suffers too much coma in my fast mirror, and sometimes I wish it had just a tad wider FOV (it has 36 arc minutes in my scope). With the wider true FOV with the Nagler, I would see 43 arc minutes with the 22 Nagler, compared with 39 arc minutes for the 20 Nagler. I would like the extra FOV if all else is similar.
What are your experiences and thoughts? Thanks for sharing.
