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Originally Posted by GazzMeister
Hello Everyone
I'm finally looking to upgrade from the trusty bintel plossls that I've had for a while now. I realise that you get what you pay for with most optical gadgetry but unfortunately I'm a bit broke atm and will be starting out at the mid-low end of the eyepiece scale. I've been looking at something under $200 with decent FOV and good eye relief. The Stratus seems to fit all these criteria, but I've read that the Hyperion has a bit better build quality. I know that the Hyperion is a bit over budget, but when have we ever been able to buy astro gear under budget  . I'm also interested if anyone has any experience with the Meade series 5000 plossls. The TeleVue plossls look like very good value but the FOV is a bit ordinary. I'll be using the eyepieces with an f/10 c11.
Thanks in advance for any help
Gareth |
well owning all of the type of eps you have listed and having used them in a variety of scopes rangeing from 16 dob12 dob 10 dob to c8, etx,125 ,etx105, 8 mak ed80 and others i would put the hyperion ahead of the other two,however other eps i own such as tv pentax wiliams etc perform better but that is a matter of personal choice and budget.....ice in space is a reasonable place to purchase these eps from time to time but you must allways remember second hand goods are worth lower prices than new prices no matter if they were just aquired from a shop
so be patient and hold out for a good ep otherwise you will end up being a collector of eps.
