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I've looked through the standard achromat version ( F5 ) objectives and thought them pretty unremarkeable for $12000 Australian. The eyepieces seemed quite narrow apparent field and were not interchangeable. There was chromatic aberration and the stars did not seem that sharp. You would have to pay another $2500 mount them. Whilst It would be nice to own them, I think the eyepieces let them down. For that size and bulk a pair of JMI 10" Reverse Reflecting binoculars would be a much better buy, and more comfortable to use.
On the other hand I was blown away by the sharpness of the 100mm 45 degree Fork mounted Binos from Kunming Optical ( they are available locally for about $1800) . You can use your own quality eyepieces and they are triplet objective . Panning through the Milky Way with 24 Pans, the contrast and field sharpness was incredible. Even with Nagler 13mm the sharpness and quality knocked my socks off. With Nagler 7mm the Cassini division on Saturn was also razor sharp. Sometimes smaller can be better. Cost aside I would really like apair of these.
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