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"Baffling" Meade ETX Mak choices
There is something in the human mind that causes people to
make choices that don't always seem to be the most logic when it comes to different sizes of the same product. Take the Meade Maks, the ETXs. There is a 90mm, 105mm and a 125mm. Given the optics in these scopes (last time I checked) were pretty uniform and excellent, you'd think that that the 105mm would be the telescope chosen most often. It provides nearly the same portability of the 90mm, avoids the bulk of the 125mm and gives you a noticeable jump in resolution and light throughput over the 90mm. However, from what I've seen, it is by far the least purchased of the ETX scopes! Most purchase the 90mm while the rest purchase the 125mm over the 105mm. From what I can tell, this would indicate the main reason for choosing an ETX is portability, since the 90mm is the smallest. But I can't help thinking (given what how I've seen them both perform) that the 105 is still portably enough and offers benefits the other two don't have. -Rich |
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