So, the EPs came (4 and 15mm superplossl and 42mm superview), Unfortunately I've only really the moon and jupiter to play with so judgement is not based on enough data. The "build quality" certainly is up, compared to the skywatcher included EP's and the 15mm, I quite like, at the moon.
Having said that, I'm continually sort of bummed by lack of detail / size on jupiter. I mean, you can really see the atmospheric turbulence through the 4mm (which was as you might imagine, "fun" to get pointed right
), barely a moment's pure focus before it was all "humid" again. But.. the main thing really being that aside from faint browish stripes, no detail. Is it currently too bright? It does seem plausible that it is simply too bright to hope for detail, but am I expecting too much?, is being in the middle of brisbane (not far from city centre) killing me?
Don't get me wrong, had great fun and I think the EP's will come into their own when I'm trying to look at more than a couple of things. Needless to say, I'm plotting a journey out to darker skies this weekend. However, I'm just looking for someone to maybe point out what my expectations should be.