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Thanks for the advice so far. I've decided to give wide AFOV EPs a miss. There seems to be nothing affordable out there for a fast scope. I'm just going to get a boring 15 mm TeleVue Plossl from Bintel. Are they the sole TeleVue EP dealer in the country?
I managed to dig up some old S&T Barlow (1997) and EP (1996) reviews through Monash Uni's electronic subscription. The EP report convinced me to go the TV Ploessl. And the Orion Shorty-Plus barlow sounds like the one for me (thanks John; I just can't justify the cost of the TV Powermate. Are you firm on "no discussion needed"?? or can you tell me what more I get from a Powermate that's worth an extra $175? I read the relevant pages at televue.com but it all sounds like a bit of marketing gimmickry to me...)
The ortho's I'm still interested in. I got a quote from Frontier Optics (thanks again John), $125 for the HDs. That sounds pretty good considering the UO website has them listed at $US80. I'm still trying to find a local (Melbourne) dealer though.
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