Spent a couple of hours sorting eyepieces and accessories today and managed to condense things into two cases.
This one holds all the singles and often needed accessories, the other case is for the Binovues and bino-pairs (Pentax XFs and Tak LEs.
I think I will stick with these for a little while........
XW3.5 XW5 XW7 XW10 XW14 XW20 TORCH (Space for a few LEs) Delos14 Nagler22 Nagler31
Spent a couple of hours sorting eyepieces and accessories today and managed to condense things into two cases.
This one holds all the singles and often needed accessories, the other case is for the Binovues and bino-pairs ...
I bet the border police would call in ASIO and hold you for questioning should you ever travel overseas with that case full of hand grenades, dubious looking hardware and electronics.
I bet the border police would call in ASIO and hold you for questioning should you ever travel overseas with that case full of hand grenades, dubious looking hardware and electronics.
Now show us your binoviewing kit!
Especially the bazooka in the crate under the eyepieces and the little black box next to the gold laser....... But we won't talk about that one!
Just waiting for a couple of little Erfles to complete the bino-box.
My current set, which seems to suit my viewing habits and 68 y.o. eyes.
Consists of 5mmT6 Nagler
9mmT6 "
13mmT6 "
17mmT4 "
31mmT5 "
35mm Panoptic
7mmXL Pentax
10mmXW "
20mmXW "
14mm Denkmeier
21mm "
24mm82* E.S.
T1 Paracorr
2X Powermate
Astronomik, DGM, Baader Filters.
These reside in my 'astrotools' box along with some Catseye & Glatter collimation tools & all the other 'essential' stuff I seem to use. The EPs all slide into plastic dust caps in the drawer bases - the whole box setup seems to function beautifully, even under very wet conditions.
Clear skies to all, Ian.
Over the years I have had a lot eyepieces pass through my hands and now I have finally found that all I really use and need are 2-3 really top shelf eyepieces and a good quality barlow (i.e. powermate). With these few I can pretty much do everything I want.
There is no point having a set of 6-8 eyepieces of which 2-3 you use 85% of the time.
Unfortunately, the real challenge is discovering for yourself what are those perfect 2-3 eyepieces which suit your personal preferences.
Once you can solve that mystery you will save yourself a lot money
Well it's been a long time since I started this thread or even posted here
And many eyepieces have passed through my hands over the years
I now only have 2
I remember when you started this thread. And you have always been a "minimalist" in your approach to gear acquisition. But that you now only have those two 24mm Panos and a Denk I find hard to believe. You must have a hidden stash of special occasion EPs, a couple of orthos perhaps? Or is your wife reading these forums as well?
I remember when you started this thread. And you have always been a "minimalist" in your approach to gear acquisition. But that you now only have those two 24mm Panos and a Denk I find hard to believe. You must have a hidden stash of special occasion EPs, a couple of orthos perhaps? Or is your wife reading these forums as well?
Hi Steve, no that's it just the 2 ! But I may get another 2 in the future ,
Just to get a little more power out of my BV. I'm thinking 15 mm DeLite !