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Originally Posted by Dobman
The 3 EP's I'm thinking of are: andrews 30mm 2", 9mm & 13mmT6 Nagler and a TV 2.5x Powermate.:
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That would leave a BIG gap between the 30mm and the 13mm. Also, the 13mm Nagler and the Powermate will give you plenty of magnification, and the 9mm in the P-mate will be too much for your scope at 99.5+% of the time. So you'd effectively be buying the rather expensive Powermate for use with only one EP. I'd recommend 19mm Panoptic, 13mm Nagler + Powermate. And if/when finances allow, the 24mm Panoptic.
Or, if you don't insist on premium EPs, the Orion Stratus EPs perform exceptionally well at less than half the price of Panoptics. They work very well in my f6 Dob, and are reported to work well in f5 and faster scopes as well. Around $175 each (incl. postage), but you need to order then from the States. Mine got here in 5 days from
www.seansastronomyshop.com. Hmmm... best three ..., just get four and forget the barlow: 21,13,8,5mm.
For the widest true FOV I'm thinking of getting a Meade 5000 Plossl 32mm (with 60 deg AFOV) to keep cost somewhat on the sane side. I imagine this would be a better EP than a budget ultra-wide, but having looked through neither, who knows
That's something I'll have to investigate.