New 8 mm Ethos from TV

[Rodstar (Rod)]

Originally Posted by PhilW

She's a very understanding woman.

I am sure she can forgive the odd "adult toy"....

[Stephen65]

I really like my 13mm Ethos and it gets a lot of use, particularly in my refractor. But an 8mm is not so attractive, down at that FL I am mainly using my EPs for planetary/lunar and while 100 degree FOV is nice the idea of paying $700 plus for that extra FOV in a lunar/planetary EP is not very appealing.

Plus, like others, I am a huge fan of the XWs in the 10mm and under FLs and if a comparison of the 14XW versus the 13mm Ethos is any guide to how the 8mm Ethos will stack up against the 7XW then I would be giving up a little transmission and contrast on-axis by using an Ethos instead of an XW in return for extra FOV that won't be very useful.

I think I will be passing on this one till I have a chance to test a borrowed one.

[Starkler (Geoff)]

I'll wait for the circa 20mm version if there ever is one. If the ethos is a scaled eyepiece design, I might just find the eye relief acceptable in a longer FL one, but not in a 8mm.

[janoskiss (Steve H)]

Originally Posted by JethroB76

I have a feeling Janoskiss may have owned an Antares 1.6x, not sure where he sourced it

I ordered mine from scopestuff. It was a great barlow, but sold it due to having too many. It worked great with 17mm T4 Nagler, I'm sure it'd do very well with the Ethos too.

[goober (Doug)]

Originally Posted by PhilW

I have to admit to being less enthused about this focal length. I rushed out & bought the 13mm Ethos & have been delighted with it, but at these shorter FLs I am basically wedded to Pentaxes.

Dang.... there goes my chance to try one out in my scope