Nagler/Ethos/Pentax

[Hans Tucker (Hans)]

I notice there has been a few Naglers going up for sale in the classifieds lately. I was contemplating just running with a set of Takahashi LE eyepieces for lunar/planetary and sell my Naglers to build up a set of Ethos for widefield (I have one so far)...the Naglers are nice so I might have to think about the Ethos and build up a set of Naglers...but then I note there is a Pentax 10XW going as well which would complement my Pentax 20XW nicely..maybe a set of Pentax's....decisions...decisions

[Starkler (Geoff)]

Just buy all of them

The ones you dont like you can always sell later
Or not

[mbaddah (Mo)]

Go the Pentax XW 10mm!!! Hands down the best eyepiece I have ever used... Solid build, beautiful views and contrast, no vignetting/kidney bean effect, extremely comfortable to look through... I have looked through many televues, own several other brands, and the Pentax to ME is the best of the best :-)

[bobson (Bob)]

I have Pentax XW 10mm and Nagler 17mm. Both eyepieces are excellent. I had a chance to look through 8,13,17 Ethos as well. But Pentax is the best for me too I have to say.

cheers

[PhilW]

I second (third?) the idea of buying the 10mm XW. It is pretty much the perfect eyepiece. I doubt the LEs will be any sharper, and the Pentax has a wider FOV, as well as great eye relief.

[Waxing_Gibbous (Peter)]

Despite the amazing quality of the view, and it IS amazing, I just couldn't get to grips with the Pentax XW10. I found I had to hold my eye in position 'just-so' or the kidney beaning was ridiculous. Too MUCH eye relief for me. I'm probably the abberation as no one else has anything bad to say about it!
I found the Ethos's to also be too much work. I kept having to twist my neck around to take-in the entire 100*. If I observed comfortably, not bobbing around like a chicken, I wasn't getting any wider view than I would have gotten with a Nagler.
YMMV

[ausastronomer (John Bambury)]

Originally Posted by Waxing_Gibbous

Despite the amazing quality of the view, and it IS amazing, I just couldn't get to grips with the Pentax XW10. I found I had to hold my eye in position 'just-so' or the kidney beaning was ridiculous. Too MUCH eye relief for me.

Hi,

Did you wind the adjustable eye cup right up, which you need to do if you do not wear glasses?

Cheers,
John B