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Originally Posted by Waxing_Gibbous
I shall be the dark matter that puts the brakes on. 
I honestly can't see what niche they are trying to fill.
Unless they a manifestlly better than the offerings from Pentax, Vixen, ES or TMB, at these lengths, I don't see the point.
The Radian line was surpassed ages ago (fincky eye position, heavy, yellow colour casts) by other makers and it seems they are playing catch-up here.
I'll pass I think.
NOT giving up my Pans or Naglers though!  |
That niche they are trying to fill is a high quality long eye relief ~ 70 deg AFOV eyepiece, where a number of other manufacturers currently have "all" of the market share. It is a large, and growing ever larger, percentage of the eyepiece market and Televue wants some of it. A fair percentage of Televues "traditional" market has moved in this direction in recent years. To be honest I thought they were a bit slow on the uptake. They are located smack bang in the middle of the worlds biggest eyepiece market which has an immensely parochial following. Nikon have recently released a new eyepiece line smack bang into the middle of this very same market, as well.
http://www.kkohki.com/English/kkohkiparts.html#Nikon
The Nikon NAV SW which were released in 2009 are $170 more expensive than the DELOS. The new DELOS will run out the door if they perform at the level I think they will.
Pretty simple business strategy IMO.
Cheers,
John B