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Originally Posted by chris lewis
As a rough guide there is a Canadian site that sells the 80ED Pro for $750 (Cdn), the Black Diamond for $800, and the Equinox 80ED for $580. The Equinox is a bare tube F6.25 and has no diagonal, finder or rings, but has the the crayford is 2-speed and is rotatable and has the higher fit and finish. The Pro has only a 1-speed crayford focuser, but comes with a diagonal (not dielectric), finder, rings, dovetail and two of the Skywatcher eyepieces.The Black Diamond comes with 2in. dielectric diagonal, dual-speed crayford style focuser, 50mm finder, aluminum case. Both the 80mm Pro / 'blue tube' and Black Diamond are F/7.5's. The mounts are the EQ3/5 and are painted black / White. Actually they the look similar to the Celestron 'Omni' line. Synta owns Sytwatcher, Celestron and Acuter [ which are Hi-grade spotting scopes and binos]. It seems like the blue tube ones will go first followed by the Pro series. I think the Pro gold series did not prove popular with the color hence the change and rationalization.
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Do you have the link to the website selling the Black Diamond? I can't seem to find it.
