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Originally Posted by AlexN
The Megrez 88 is not a bad scope, however being both a doublet, with a very fast f/ ratio, it does not have the best colour correction around.. I am not sure of what is required to get a good image with the mallincam, but if its colour, the Megrez 88 might not be the best option.. It would still provide nice wide field views.. just might show blue/violet halos around brighter stars...
Have you considered the smaller scopes, like the WO Zenithstar 70ED, or the Zenithstar 66 SD? These scopes are very light weight, have nice optics, provide a wide field of view and are cheaper than the Megrez 88, Clearly, they have a smaller aperture... but with a mallincam, I dare say it wont make a lot of difference, you'll still get a great image out of the little baby-apo..
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Tks Alex,
With the Mallincam fast optics it likes, a friend gets fantastic images with his using a Stellarvue 90 STV, but as these cameras are aimed more so at viewing pleasure than dedicated imaging they are more forgiving on optics as the resolution is no where near the long exposure guided images that appear here and else where but it was not designed for that purpose, so I cheaper ED type refractor will be probally all I will need but I still don't want rubbish , just mid quality but the Stellarvue is probally mid range I think? I still want excellent visual views as well, when looking through my friends 90 STV its a cracker.
I went into Sirus optics today and had alook at the 80mm orion black diamond what do you think these are like?
They also had w/optics as well so probally will go for around 80mm aperature unless I splash out on the 90 Raptor C/fibre as these are similar weights I think.
I was told that the orion, W/optics all use the same Fpl53 glass from china but are they what you would consider mid range?
I will be mainly using the Mallincam video for wide field viewing but down the track might get a QHY8 or Orion starshoot for longer imaging when I get bored with the Mallincam if ever.
Ahh, so much to learn, its never ever going to be a boring hobby
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Thanks for the replies