Gday gaa_ian, welcome
Hmm strange Silvie , i thought it may be the eyepieces used , but i dont recall my meade plossls having similar symptoms. Check your collimation firstly of course and see how that goes , it could be simply that considering the the fast focal ratio, give us a update on how it goes.
I got individual pages done , just the southern hemisphere charts, came up good and has proved very hardy and resistant to my clumsiness and dew. thanks for the info on the viewfinder , with my FE2 the prism cant be removed so i dont think i can use a viewfinder ......if i had a nice nikon F2 i could
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