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An update:
I went back to Bintel today, and took the 42mm Superview with me.
They were happy to take the Superview back, and give me credit towards whatever eyepiece I decided to have instead. Big THANKS to Bintel for their courteousness.
They looked up the current spec for the 42mm Superview, and it's now said to be a 60 degree AFOV. So, it started life with the manufacturer claiming it to be a 68, then 65, now 60. I think the truth is further yet down the scale.
I had a look through a cheap 80 degree 30mm, but yuck, all yellowy/orange colour around the edge, and very uncomfortable to the eye.
I then thought I'd go for a 41mm Panoptic, but there were none in stock, so tried the 35mm Panoptic. In the scope, looking across the road, it looked lovely, but was a bit too narrow for my requirements (it was actually the exact same true field as the Superview 42mm, making the Superview about 56 degrees AFOV).
I would have even gone for the Meade 4000 QX 36mm, but there were none of those in stock either, everyone must be buying wide eyepieces because of all the crap seeing we've had lately.
So, there being no suitable wide field available, I got a 9mm Nagler to fill in the other end of my scale.
Once again, thanks to Bintel for their understanding.
Cheers,
Jason.
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