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Originally Posted by janoskiss
The 5.5mm is a special one in the Series 5000 Plossl line, with 6 elements for longer eye relief, 9mm I think. I tried one at Snake Valley, and found it very comfy.
Edit: Make that 7mm of ER: http://www.bintel.com.au/Meade5000PL.html |
Thanks Steve,
I haven't used it and didn't realise it was a different design to the others and different to the Series 4000 short focal length plossls.
With 6 elements, a 60° AFOV and 7mm of eye-relief it's a long way from a true plossl. Most likely an 11mm 4 element plossl with a built in barlow, or something very similar, hence the preserved eye-relief, but then it's not a plossl is it
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CS-John B