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Originally Posted by mental4astro
I'd beg to differ, Eric  !
You cannot see the whole field in anything over 70degrees without moving your head around. This may be ok for some people, but not everyone.
My own opinion, & that is what is being asked, I think ultra wide fields are over rated - our human eyes can't see the whole field at once. |
I think you should speak only for yourself. Human eyes
can certainly see more than 70 degrees. Why do you think NASA spent all that money and research time to develop well over 100 degree eyepieces for Lunar landing simulators ?
I have no problems seeing full 82 degrees in my Naglers. Without moving my head. In fact they are starting to look a bit narrow these days as I have no issue seeing full 100 degrees in Ethos
I do accept though that
some people have issues with wide fields.
I'd suggest that any prospective buyer spends some time at star parties and TRY the eyepiece in question before plonking the money down. Eyepieces are very individual items. What works for some (even MOST), might not work for you.