[marki]

The the XW pentex EP's are pretty special when it comes to detail and contrast and my favourite EP's period. I have both 10mm and 14mm versions and they are well worth the cash. They offer greater contrast than the ethos EP's (I have 10mm,13mm and 17mm versions) and are great for viewing planets and small faint deep sky objects. Ortho's.... mah lot of noise about nothing really, with the XW 10mm at native focal length on the back of my LX200R I can see a dam site more then just the bands of Jupiter, the fine detail is exquisite even better on the mak. 2X mag with a quality barlow does not affect these EP's greatly and I have also barlowed the 14mm 5X and chucked it on an 80mm apo for laughs...to my utter amazment got a great view of the trapezium on M42 ...dim yes but sharp and well resolved. I also have 3 Vixen LV's 7mm, 9mm and 12mm. I have found these EP's produce ghosting in my scopes with a fair degree of light scatter.

Mark