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Old 02-08-2010, 05:47 PM
ausastronomer (John Bambury)
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Originally Posted by nightstalker View Post
Thanks for all the comments, as i've only got 3 eyepieces I can't see much use for a 2" barlow. I've almost bought a couple of high priced
eyepieces down around the 5 mm spot but always change my mind
realisticly I'm not going to get a lot of use upwards of 200x whatever I choose so a barlow is probably as good a choice.

So the14 xw and 8.5 pentax barlow well John?

thanks again
Hi Graham,

Sorry I didn't come back to you earlier. I missed your post.

Both eyepieces barlow very well in any good quality barlow.

The only rider I could add is that the 14mm XW with it's native 20mm of eye relief, IMO is just a tad "nicer" comfort wise to use in the powermate because it preserves the eye relief at 20mm.

Cheers,
John B
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