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Originally Posted by Rodstar
Jonathan, given that our scopes are pretty much identical, I am interested to hear more about the 35 Panoptic vis a vis 31 Nagler choice. I have been puzzling over this selection myself, bearing in mind the major price difference, and that the difference in actual FOV is fairly minor. The reviews on this issue have held as a consensus that the 31 Nagler wins out overwhelmingly in terms of contrast and light throughput. Have you had a chance to compare the two eyepieces on those particular characteristics?
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$$$ did it for me rather than science. Low powers aren't very high up my priority ladder so I spent the cash on the medium-power stuff and some nice filters. Similarly I don't get the chance to indulge high powers so I bought TMB planetaries (which turned out to be fantastic - but that's another story!).
If your budgetary priorities allow, then I'm sure the 31 is better.
As for exit pupil - I thought 6mm was more like it for a middle aged bloke? Is there a doctor on the forum??
It matters little - what you loose in light hardly matters at that magnification. The biggest problem with low mags occurs when the central obstruction becomes readily apparent, and this is not the case with the 35mm Panoptic.