David,
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Originally Posted by janoskiss
Rob, if what you're saying is correct about XW having better contrast than the Nag, why would respectable and experienced people Mike and John, and cloudynights reviews not say so, and why would they all put the Nagler on top. Or are you saying you are better than all these people with many more years of experience than yourself (at least between them).  |
Good point how would me with a only 3 heading on 4 yrs experience in this
hobby know enough about optics to put a case across, really this is a
specialised field if you want to get down to the nitty gritty. I dont have
that experience. But on the other hand what makes you think that all
the reviews you read are by experienced, respectable (in their field) folk?
you might be surprised. There was one particular expert on a well know
Yahoo group who posted a rather long report on the 10mm XW in it quoting
the 10mm had field curverture in the outer 20%. Anyone who owns one
would be giggling right now. But folks took it as truth. When I pushed this
respectable reviewer I found he had only looked through one for about 10
seconds at a star party 2 months previous and came to the conclussion
he didn't like it. He also said he own 200+ ep's, why you would need or
want that many beats me.
However I will say this, there are enough folks with XW's and knowledgable
folk within this forum that have never tried to refute any remarks or
statements I have said in regards to the XW. If I was lying or trying to
gloss up the XW I would think they would of stepped in long before now.
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Originally Posted by janoskiss
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Psst Rob over ere, just between you and me, I think the 13mm Nagler puts too much scattered light in the centre of the field of view on planets. Eg: in my 8" Dob, Mars is surrounded by a disk of light spanning about half the field of view. I would not recommend this EP for planetary viewing. But, then again, if you want an 82 degree FOV EP for planets, what else will work as well as a Nagler? ... I ordered the very-narrow field 12mm UO HD ortho for less than 1/3 of the price of the Nagler. I'm just curious to see how good the other end of the design philosophy scale is.
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I think you will like how the UO HD performs, I think they are one of the most
underated ep's out there. People tend to shy away from the 40-45 degree
FOV. Why? I'm not sure I guess most folk may think that an ep isn't any good
unless it has a 82 degree FOV (and has Nagler written on it
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glad I never did get to sell mine.
regards,CS