On 18 Jul 2003 03:52:25 GMT, (Jon Isaacs) wrote:

Compared to the 35mm Panoptic the 30mm WideScans and clones are complete
crap.

Complete crap is a 4 mm 0.965 inch eyepiece with all plastic optics. I have
one I can send you if you want to try one out for comparison.

At the other end of the scale, different people seem to have different opinions
of how well the BW-Optik 30 mm eyepiece works.

Tom T. seems to be more than satisfied.

It may be that he happens to have gotten one that works quite well and maybe
the one you looked through was not one of the better ones.

If Tom liked the 30 mm BK-Optik better than the Panoptic in his F7.5 scope, I
think that is one data point and one that that you and I (and others) should
respect.

jon isaacs




Thank you Jon.

Eyepeices are an extremely individual thing. What one person finds
acceptable, I can't stand, what I think works for me, someone else may
hate.

I think you nailed it when you said different folks have different
opinions about how well it works.

IMO, the only way to *really* see how an eyepeice performs is to use
it at your site in your scopes.

Untill then, I think folks should try to keep an open mind.

Tom T.