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Hi Troy,
I have LVWs 3.5 8 22 and a televue 4.8mm - all very sharp. Plus I have a 16mm ortho which is very nice (small field of view though).
To be honest Im contemplating a baader hyperion zoom! To me they look an impressive high quality eyepiece and the feedback I've come across seems highly positive.
Why would I consider this? To be honest theres not a lot of difference in field of view between the baader zoom and LVWs and its nice having just one eyepiece rather than constantly swapping (casual looks and field nights). Also coupled to a powermate I really wonder whether I would be much worse off the LVW fixed focal length eyepieces with the powermates and you would have the flexibility of variable focal length for dialing in the optimal magnification on the night (note higher field of view is at higher power where you need it).
Have you tried the baader zoom and the powermate 2.5x on planets? What was you opinion? Are you getting good image quality.
Sorry to throw a spanner in the works.
Cheers
David
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