Some times I wonder... why doesn't every body have a zoom eyepiece?
Sure they are not cheap but buy 2-3 normal eyepieces and you easily topped the price of a zoom ep. and you have the equivalent of 12 ep's. Sure the field of view is small at the longer focal length but usually you use the 'long-end' only to find an object and then you zoom in and observe. And if you want to watch nebulas you can just use 2"-widefield ep. The only other thing you need is a Barlow lens and you are set up through the whole range of possible magnifications. With a little bit shopping around, you can have it all that for under $300 (~$150 of that would be the 2"ep). That would be the ideal ep-set for beginners.
So why doesn't every body have one?
