In another thread I was cogitating and fussing on which wide-field EP to get that would go with both my f5 dob and my f9.2 refractor.
Well my wife showed up from work bearing goodies. Some v. nice sushi and a 27mm Panoptic!!!!
Not in the same box of course.
From the roughly 17 minutes of cloudless sky we've had tonight, I must pronounce it "fit for purpose"!
Much lighter and easier to use than a Nagler 26 or a 35 Pano (the only other WFs I've spent any time with. Initial impressions are consistant with its rep.
Sharp, flat, field to about 95%, no obvious CA and no scatter that I could see.
The oft quoted "sea-sick" effect while panning did not materialise.
A keeper.
Well that's my eyepiece collection sorted!
I think I'm pretty much done buying gear.
Weellllll, except
maybe a wafer-thin, go-to mount, a red-dot finder, maybe a pre-loved MK67, or a TMB 92. Perhaps I'll just
dabble in astrophotography....
It never ends.
Addendum:
Woe is me!!! I tried the 27 in my older Meade refractor the other night but not in the dob until just now. I can't for the life of me get it to focus. No problems with any other EP (32 GSO, 19 Pan, 20Plossl).
The Meade has a fairly long (4"+) R+P focuser, the Bintel dob a very short one. Could this be the trouble or could the OTA be to short?
I've never heard of this before with this EP.
Any thoughts?