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Old 09-01-2010, 12:42 AM
richardda1st (Richard)
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Hi Wade,
I'm just fairly new to this.

I have both the 32 & 11mm. The 11mm is great and I use it a lot. The 32mm, I alternate with the standard supply Mead 26mm QX (wide angle 70deg). Almost same AFOV, but the plossl is sharper for most of the view but less mag.

I also had a TV 2x barlow which was very good with the 11mm but not so good with the 32mm, to much beaning (I think it's termed) had to be to precise in eye position.
This gave me 5.5mm, 11mm, 16mm & the 32mm, a good range I thought. But decided to exchange the barlow for a powermate (thanks Bintel). Much better with the 32mm, beaning not so bad. But did not consider that the powermate is 2.5x. So this gives me 4.4mm, 11mm (so far so good) 12.8mm (to close) and (32mm to far). But I like these lenses as at this stage I did not want to spend to much but didn't want to risk buying cheaper duds. I'm sure you can match or get close to the quality with cheaper plossls but it's not easy to do when you're not familiar.

Good luck
Richard
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