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Old 02-01-2009, 10:23 AM
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bmitchell82 (Brendan)
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hehehe, well there are many different things you can do, but the thing is that everybody is different.

The best thing to do i belive is get yourself a 2x barlow, this will turn your 1 ep into 2 giving you the same eye relief.

To be honest i have seen the difference between a $50, $100, $400 ep, and let me tell you there is a grand difference. with option a, they are reasonable they give reasonable views though targets have to be dead center or you might have some fuzzy bits, option b is a bit better, things like eye relief become longer (which is what you want for your glasses, basically the longer the eye releif is the further away you can be from the lens of the ep and still get the same viewing. and the last option well it speaks for itself money generally = quality.

As for my personal collection/experiences I have the standard skywatcher eps in 10mm, 26mm, 40mm with a 2x barlow, and have access to 20mm, 26mm, 2"-40mm Meade Series 5000 and a 2" ED barlow. Even though my little ep's are good and do me well, the difference in clarity to the series 5000 meades are very noticeable!

So what am i saying? get the best ep that you can afford and couple it with a barlow lens and that should get you over the line . Let us know your budget and we can all suggest some ep's
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