On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 13:02:25 GMT, Engineer Scott
wrote:

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 22:45:50 GMT, "Szaki" wrote:

Any one try this 2" 30mm eyepiece, selling on ebay, for $95? It has 80 deg
field.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tegory=29 954
Item number: 2979229461

Any good, seems very cheap?

Julius

I've got a BW Optik 30/80 which is the same eyepiece. In my F7.5 scope
it's pretty sharp in the center but the outer 1/3 of the field is very
fuzzy. All the stars around the edge look like Globulars. I guess this
is OK if you like Globs The coating seems a little heavy in a few
places though it doesn't seem to have any affect on the view. The eye
relief is pretty nice. It's not hard to look through.

It's not a Nagler, but for the price it's OK.

scotty
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If the outer third is that bad then is it really worth it? I would
choose one with a little less AFOV and had good views to the edge.

james