Sorry guys, good debates often help or bring up good issues but I never meant to make anyone's opinion less valued and I appreciate it is that important to you all. I knew it was a very personal desicion investing in EP's that's why I started this thread. I figured many opinions through your own experiences would give a lot of information yes, but, also then that information would be "right" regardless. Being so personal and so many things you can do to "twig" outcomes with use of different EP's and attachments and mirros and prisms etc, no one's opinion has not been valued only used as a resource to gear information.
I ended up telling James and showing him my notes. He had sort of wondered if that's what I was doing anyway, and there are still options for me to make something for him to have to open and as a keepsake for his 30th. We do plenty together to make this year more special than others with other dreams we made come true this year. It's just that it happens to be one of those birthdays suppose to be milestone not that he is seeing it that way mind you
. Normally, considering other things we did this year, we'd skip our birthdays and Christmas and work on our life goals.
So that is why I wanted a broard picture, both in something cheaper to save money as we did already do a trip together as a dream accomplished type of thing, but it is true I also wanted to know about better quality to be sure, as can always recover before kids and put extra in type of thing.
Anyway, James was impressed with the notes, he read posts I singled out for him on this thread. He said he was wondering about FOV and in limbo himself and he was only thinking about it
he didn't know he would get one so soon. All notes has saved him so much leg work and are all valuable
He appreciated the difficulties in chosing and he knows how little I know, I just look through it after he does all the work
so he was not at all surprised I fessed up and thought it was wise I did.
So feel free to still do any reccommendations please.
I already took notes from other threads so he now will look here himself. I personaly would drop the Barlow idea from my research, just for now; but I think he is still hung up on the idea because it means, he thinks, that he can get more out of any EP he ever owns but then we need a diagonal mirror which I reminded him and he knew already. I think he has realised how valuable the research is and he would have changed his mind many times over himself had he had to do the leg work. As I said a few times now he is still very happy and this info and my notes from all your forums has been excellent and made it that much easier when it is already hard choice, even if this thread never existed and he had researched himself he'd umm and arrr forever about it. Now he's got a month and I actually understand him more when he talks which he notices
I said Pentax was what I was leaning towards or TeleVue depending on what I got and he had said he has never seen Pentax but atleast now we can do searches for specific things and get into the nitty gritty end of deciding.
Also, I was relieved he was not going to get a Meade EP anyway. I was hung up on it out of pure "fear" or more so lack of knowledge and now I am so greatful I didn't go that way and found this place. It may be hard for people who are so knowledgable to understand how much better I feel with just a little extra knowledge and all opinions.
