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Originally Posted by Sarge
Got a couple nights out with the new focuser. I'm impresssed. 
Very smooth operation. The tri-knob dual speed allows very precise focusing, of course only as good as my collimation. 
Eyepieces fit very snugly, very little if any play. The whole unit is very well machined and of very high quality, can't fault it there in any way. 
The only problem, which is of my making was I purchased the 2" barrel, should have gone for the 2.5". 
Need to use 1" extender for the Ethos. Works very well with powermate, eyepiece and extender, no issues with length or weight.
Overall a beautiful focuser, pleasure to use and looks fantastic on the scope.
I recommend this focuser to any prospect buyers.
Rod |
You should clarify that you mean a 2.5"
length drawtube Rod, because Moonlite now have a large format focuser with 2.5"
Wide drawtube for imaging applications. Boy is it a beauty. Comes with adapters for 2" and 1.25" Eyepieces and a rotatable base. I was sorely tempted even though I wouldn't be using large format CCD's. The only thing that stopped me is that I am going to implement a DIY Paracorr SIPS solution and I need a 2" drawtube to hold the Paracorr lensgroup in position relative to the eyepieces. As beautiful as the CR2 Moonlite focsers are, the Large Format version is a Supermodel