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Originally Posted by Waxing_Gibbous
I honestly can't see what niche they are trying to fill.
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My thoughts exactly, though the Americans will buy them by the bucketload as they are ridiculously parochial. I wouldn't put the TMB's in there with any of the others though, absolute rubbish eyepieces IMOIIO.
TV already have Naglers, Ethos, Radians, and Plossl's in this focal range. Sure the Radians will go, but why have four types in the same focal range? All they have over the T6 Nag is eye relief, but with 10 degrees less FOV, and a heap more weight. All they have over the Ethos is 5mm of eye relief, but they weigh the same and have 30 degrees less field of view.
I guess they are really just trying to bring new product to market to keep their market share. In reality what can they add to their current lineup that won't be similar to something else they already do?
Cheers,
Jason.