Hi All,
For comparison two pictures of the Carina Nebula, taken with an ED80+Canon EOS300D (modded) one at F-7.5 the other with an F-6.3 Focal reducer added (Meade SCT one) although not a flat field it is of some use in getting a wider FOV, If anyone knows of a good flat field reducer for the ED80 id love to know what it is.
Hello there I just purchased a 0.6 focal reducer for $95.oo from Telescopes and astornomy in S.A.I have not used it yet.If I have got it right it will turn my ED80 Pro from F7.5 [0.6 X 7.5 =4.5] to run at F/4.5 .I had a look through it last night visually.easy to pic the biggger field.I am hoping it will work well at Prime Focus. Tony
Last edited by anthony.tony; 06-01-2007 at 01:05 PM.
Hi All, Thanks for the comments, and JohnG thanks for that info., I had a look at it, seems O.K. but the price is that of an ED80, bit expensive when you compare it to the Celsetron/Meade reducers, Anthony.tony- It will be interesting to see what your reducer does on the ED80, There is a MOGG reducer (no flattener) which works quite well, but with the expected Coma as there is no correction for this with just a single Lens, and its very affordable and does a good job, The Celestron/Meade reducers (F-6.3) work also but with some distortion.cheers......Jim
