Hey does anyone have any experience with the cemax eyepieces? Im considering getting one from telescope-astronomy along with my PST. i was thinking the 12 or 18mm.
I've got the set of 3 Cemax's and the Barlow. They're certainly very good and really look the part alongside a Coronado scope, but in my judgement they're probably not worth the premium asked in comparison to good quality Plossls.
I guess the 12mm would be my preference for a single eyepiece, but personally, I find a zoom much more usable with the PST than fixed eyepieces.
I bought a second hand set of Cemax eyepieces off Astromart which cost around half the new price here in Australia. They are like new and as Michael said, they certainly look the part on the respective Coronado's. I have tried any number of eyepieces on my Solarmax40 along with the Cemax eyepieces and they all seem to perform equally well, the most important thing to my mind is eye relief as I wear spectacles. The 18mm Cemax is my favourite and works very well with the 2X barlow which came with the set. An excellent feature of the Cemax eyepieces is the ring groove which the rubber eyecup is attached to. My ScopeTronix Digi-T adaptor attaches to this groove via three grub screws which in turn screws into your standard camera T adaptor. This is a very quick and easy way to take pics. My Solarmax40 has the BF10 filter which is really meant more for imaging but nonetheless is OK visually. As an aside, they work very well on the moon and planets through my other scopes, seemingly displaying better contrast than I remember on some of my other eyepieces. They work very well on my PST as well, great little scope, everyone should get one if they can.
I didn't notice he sold Coronado - don't know how, the banner is big enough.
His business is small, operating from his house with a storehouse situated somewhere else. His house sits on a hill with a big open sky out the back - very roomy and little obstruction.
I bought a pipelight collimator from him, he's a good helpful fellow.
yea T-A does sell em, i emailed him recently and was told its $800 for the scope (with no case or tripod) and about $30 ish for the delivery to sydney. Ive checked bintel and even andrews comm and there both ~950.
They dont have any in stock yet but the next shipment from the states is coming in about 2-3weeks.
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