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Originally Posted by rumples riot
All Televue Eyepieces are very good, Yes they are better than any EP I have looked through include Pentax and Meade 5000 series. They are not a status symbol, they actually are the best. I own a good range of TV Eps and they are way above all the other EP's I own.
Pans are more expensive than Naglers BTW.
Incidently, only people who don't own TV EP's give them a less than perfect rap. Funny that. Wannabees.
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Not to rub salt into any cuts or sores, But I think with the above statement(s) will open you up to some personal attacks
personally I think they are a tad well opinionated, and not necessarily correct as a whole. But that's ok you have the right to one. But as you say “sarcasm is the lowest form of wit”
This last weekend I managed to test/try/compare the Naglers and Meades SWA series you guys are talking about against my Pentax XW's. Generally they are all excellent ep's but I do find my XW's allot more contrasty in comparison and tend to bring out the finer detail in objects a lil better. None of the Naglers gave me more of the so called "space walk" than I get from the XW's. So the different between 70 to 82 was very marginal. I tend to find the coatings on the XW superior giving me an overall darker background with a more neutral look to star fields. Astro_souths 31mm t5 quite an outstanding ep by the way, as long as you kept the field static. The pincushion effect really disappointed me and did my head in more than a lil. I have to say it is no longer on my wishlist. Houghy 20mm t5 did have me looking for the green texter and my 30mm SV
still not as contrasty as the XW's. Houghy's new SWA's are incredibly BIG but I have to say I wasn't happy with the off axis look, but on axis there were spectacular. Scope used 8" f/6 newt.
Later me and Astro_south compared his 13mm t6 with my 14mm XW through his 12.5" dob the difference was marginal if at all, personally I felt the contrasty XW brought the detail out in NGC253 dust lanes a tad more. But he would probably say the same about the t6.
Btw, this is only my opinion but seems to be resonate with all XW owners most of which who I have spoken to were and are still Nagler owners. I think Nagler may have been at the top of the range at one stage but they are no longer the only ones there
Think of this, When you buy Pentax they are made by and coated by Pentax opticians. When you buy Nagler today they are not grinded by Al Nagler anymore they are tested to a set of variables set by Al Nagler and coated by TV. Essentially your paying to have Al Nagler approve someone out sourced work and have him then put his name on it. If I were paying AUS$995.00 for say a 31mm t5 I would want Al to personally grind it.
Here’s another take completely off-topic. Some years back I was working a for a promoter called Micheal Edgely. I along with his accountant we were giving the job of driving his sexy red Ferrari from Sydney to Brisbane so he would have it to drive around up there, it was one of those performance types the name I forget. I was so excited to get the chance to drive one of these beasts I found it hard to get any sleep the night prior. Anyways this thing stuck to the road like glue and if anyone got in the way, hell! down went the foot and see you later. Nothing like pulling up next to chicky babes in this thing : ) and boy did we get some looks. The day after we arrived I noticed my back was a lil sore and I happened to mention this to him. His reply was “That’s why you guys drove it up, the damn suspension does really kick in until your doing 150mph plus” so the ride was a lil firm. He also had a Merc 500 up in Brisbane which he drove personally all the way to Melbourne. While down there I had the chance to drive it out to the airport to pick up an entertainer. The noticeable difference was the smooth comfortable ride it was it was luxury with a capital “L” both cars were top notch
I find the difference between Nagler t’s and Pentax XW’s the same. I am pleased I ended up going with the XW’s they are the creams of creams when it comes to comfort an long periods of observing, personally I think the Nagler is way over rated
kindest regards, CS
I'm opting out on the meade 5000 series plossl....Just read about 50 reviews on em' & I'm not all that keen on taking the risk to see if their ok or not. The occasional coating sleek, the grease, the field stop reflection/illumination problem.....QC problems in general is enough to put me off.
