Vintage plossls (Halloween, Silvertop, etc)

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

Smooth me all you want ,, it is still not for sale

Originally Posted by MortonH

Nice car!

[MortonH]

Received three little beauties from Flashdrive today

My collection has now increased to five:

- Halloween Plossl 10mm
- Ultima 12.5mm
- Ultrascopic 15mm
- Ultima 18mm
- Halloween Plossl 26mm

Gave the newcomers a quick try out on the sun after work. Very sharp, and really comfortable with the winged eye-guards.

A couple of Silvertops should be coming next week...

[MortonH]

Just tried all of these on the crescent Moon and the FS-102. Very, very impressive. Excellent control of scattered light and good contrast.

The 11mm DeLite was a bit brighter and sharper, but these eyepieces are still great performers. The 18mm Ultima and 15mm Ultrascopic were the best ones and may see some regular use in my main eyepiece set since I have a gap at those focal lengths.

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

Flash , you are the Man brother ! , the less light loss between the sky and eye is the best , well done my friends .

ps, Morton I have one of these eye guards here if you want it for the 10mm , PM me , its the cost of post .

Brian.

[MortonH]

Originally Posted by brian nordstrom

Flash , you are the Man brother ! , the less light loss between the sky and eye is the best , well done my friends .

ps, Morton I have one of these eye guards here if you want it for the 10mm , PM me , its the cost of post .

Brian.

Thanks Brian. The 10mm doesn't need an eyeguard since the eye relief is so short. But I'll keep it mind.

[MortonH]

The finished (for now) collection:

Back row: Celestron Halloween Plossls 10mm & 26mm, Orion Ultrascopic 35mm, Celestron Ultimas 18mm & 12mm

Middle: Celestron Silvertop (Gen 2) Plossl 22mm, Orion Ultrascopic 15mm

Front: Celestron Silvertop (Gen 3) Plossl 10mm


Very happy with all of them. Surprisingly good performance, especially the Ultrascopics and Silvertops.

[MortonH]

The collection has continued to grow. So much for my original intention of just buying a few Plossls...

The amazing thing is how good some of these oldies are. The 35mm Ultrascopic, for example, is a real stunner. The orthos are so sharp and I don't find the narrow field of view to be such an issue, even with an undriven scope.

The best one so far is a Tele Vue 7.4mm Plossl that I acquired a couple of days ago. The sharpness and contrast are incredible. I had expected I would sell it but it's too good.

A big thank you to Col (Flashdrive) who sold me all the pseudo-Masuyamas.