Huge thank you

[TechnoViking (James)]

Just wanted to say a huge thank you to Matt, Morton and Adrian! who passed their knowledge, and know how to me for the Explore Scientific EP's
Mine arrived christmas eve and i cant wait to use them..

10 days of cloud forecast

[AG Hybrid (Adrian)]

Nice one mate. Happy to help. The 20mm looks interesting. Fancy posting some more pics?

[MortonH]

Good on you James.

I've got two heading towards me as well, including the 11mm. Let us know what you think when you get to use them.

[David Niven (David Niven)]

They look like the ES 68D eps.
Wonder how they perform against their newer 82D ones??

[MattT]

Hi James,
Thats what this forum is all about, have learnt huge amounts here too.
Both your eyepieces are fab specially with longer FL scopes. The 20 68* is the easy on the eye. I hardly know its there and the 82* 11mm gives me the window out the space ship feel. I use it with the rubber folded down. Hows the wallet going? Its a bit hard to stop at two
Like to here what you think of these two babies, and the new style box is really nice too!
Matt

[TechnoViking (James)]

I may have to get my wife to hide my wallet Your right though, Once you buy 2 nice EP's its hard to stop, im already looking at a Televue Barlow and a ES 40mm 68D EP + 2" Diagonal.

Originally Posted by David Niven

They look like the ES 68D eps.
Wonder how they perform against their newer 82D ones??

The 20mm is a 68D , and the 11mm is the 82D. I was trying to avoid spending extra $$$ on a 2" Diagonal, otherwise i would have purchased the 24mm 82D 2", which is also $100 extra.

[bytor666]

Nice eyepieces TechnoViking! I owned the 20mm ES 68 degree for a bit, but sold it off only to try something new, which ended up being a 22mm Vixen LVW. IMO, the 22mm LVW rivals the 20mm ES 68 off axis, but the 20mm 68 is a really nice eyepiece as well. The 22mm LVW is easier to use if you need glasses and the 20mm can be used with glasses, it's just a tad tight on relief with glasses.

Without glasses the 20mm ES 68 is an excellent choice. I also found it barlows really well too.

Nice glass!

Cheers,

[AG Hybrid (Adrian)]

I'm looking to get a 24mm 68D. But, all my usual haunts are out of stock.
The wide field of view in 1.25" eyepiece is what I'm looking for. Will give me a smaller exit pupil too, which will work a bit better in Sydney.

[TechnoViking (James)]

Originally Posted by AG Hybrid

I'm looking to get a 24mm 68D. But, all my usual haunts are out of stock.
The wide field of view in 1.25" eyepiece is what I'm looking for. Will give me a smaller exit pupil too, which will work a bit better in Sydney.

Explore Scientific must be a popular brand, they always seem to be back ordered by most suppliers, I went to 6 different US sites, and only Agera had 2 of the 11mm EPs left.

[MattT]

All my ES eyepieces barlow beautifully. Never tried the 6.7 the 4.7 though, but am sure they would too given the right conditions. I reckon ES are 97% of Pentax for me having compared Pentax 10XW to the ES 11 82* over a few nights in 6" achro and 4" ED refractors.
Matt