Hello Dennis and AlexN,
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I cannot really give you specific advice for your 80mm F5 as I don’t have one, so all I can say is that visually, on the Moon and Planets, the x5 PowerMate does not produce pleasing views through my Vixen 102mm F9 ED refractor. The magnified views are soft and do not reveal any further detail than the x2.5 PowerMate.
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Well Dennis. That's very interesting info.. I guess the 5x Powermate might not be a good idea. Thanks for your help.
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Yeah I just got my 5x powermate, and do have to wind the focus inwards in order to focus an already focused eye-piece.
I visually used it once, and dare say I will not do so again... I bought it primarily for planetary imaging, and the views through it vs my 3x ED barlow were soft and somewhat lifeless in my 8" newt. however this could well have been due to the seeing conditions, which have been less than decent of late.
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AlexN. Thanks for confirming that the focuser goes in with the 5x Powermate. I guess that confirms for me that it would not be a wise purchase for this application.
Thanks guys.
Regards,
Glob.