Finderscopes - GSO beats Williams Optics - my surprise!
Apologies - I original said Vixen - not Williams Optics - in a coffee eprived moment...
Just a quick note to say I am really impressed with Andrews GSO 50mm * 7 finder scope. I did a side by side comparison with it versus a WO illuminated finder scope – costing a lot more I might add. Now I have a delightfully capable WO 80mm Megrez - with razor sharp optics. So when I put the WO versus the GSO finderscopes up against each other I was in for a surprise!
Conclusion – the optics on the Andrew’s scope seem much more clearer and sharper than the WO. Initially I was annoyed with the Andrews scope because its cross hairs are set at a random angle to the erecting eyepiece, and the WOcomes with a much, much better 6 point attached holder bracket. But for quality of OTA – well its hands down to Andrews – the Chinese beat the Japanese to my complete surprise!
Does anyone have a GSO diagonal to compare to other brands ?
The pricing of the GSO diagonals is more competitive than others on the market, so I was goping to try a 2 inch one.
Does anyone have any comments at all.?
Bintel's website states that their Star Diagonal 2" SCT Quartz is, "Manufactured by our good friends at GSO". I have one and can confirm that it is an impressive piece of workmanship for the $149 price. Whether the high specs and quality are the same as those offered by GSO under their own name or not, I couldn't say.
Thanks. for the comments about diagonals. I also would like to get a right angled finder GSO sounds the go....
It sounds like GSO is the choice with diagonals as well as finders.....
BTW it was I who changed from finders to Diagonals.....Sorry.
I was just asking about the GSO quality for those as well.
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