Hi
I'm currently in the market for a grab-and-go ED refractor around the 80mm mark for visual and light photo work and in my searches I'v narrowed it down to 3 so far. The first is the
TS ED APO 80/500 and noticed that it looks very similar to the 80/500 Long Perng that Andrews Comm sell. Are they both are the same with the TS just a re-badge? If so I feel the Long Perng is far better value.
The second is
TS ED APO 90/500 which they sell and same again, looks exactly like the one offered by LP, however both Andrews and TS do not mention what glass it uses. If it's FPL51 I'd imagine there's a bit of CA, being such a short focal length?
Third is the
TS 80/480 Triplet which I'v read a lot of good reviews of, but maybe pushing what I want to spend. A big maybe that is
. I beleive the Orion CF 80T being offered by Bintel is the same scope.
Would anyone like to post their thoughts on any of these scopes, or suggest any that I my want to look at instead?
Also can anyone recommend a couple of eyepieces that would work for both my 8" Dob and any of the above scopes? I hear ES are on sale atm?
I tried emailing Andrews with the above questions but they don't seem to reply to emails.
Thanks!