Which? TeleVue's 60mm apo or decent 70mm binoculars?

Tough choice, if you only had the two to choose from. But I'd
probably pick the TeleVue only because a 60mm apo would be able
to provide nice images up to around 125x or so. Beyond that, you
would likely not see much additional detail on planets.
The binos would kick it's a-- on widefield views, but at least with
the apo you can use decent eyepieces that don't distort the field
edge. I know the consensus is that a 60mm refractor doesn't amount
to much, but I still find a scope far more versatile than binos.
However, if you broaden your choices, a 6-8" Dob and reasonably decent
50mm binos could be bought for the same price.

Tough choice, if you only had the two to choose from.

If i didn't already have 70mm binos that's what i'd choose without question.
But then
i'm not interested much in planets. I like dim fuzzies and widefields.

-Florian

Tough choice, if you only had the two to choose from.

If i didn't already have 70mm binos that's what i'd choose without question.
But then
i'm not interested much in planets. I like dim fuzzies and widefields.

-Florian

"Florian" wrote

I like dim fuzzies

I thought you stopped reading Min's postings!

"Florian" wrote

I like dim fuzzies

I thought you stopped reading Min's postings!

I would pick the Tak 60mm...

Chas P.

I would pick the Tak 60mm...

Chas P.

On 21 Jun 2004 14:32:38 -0700, (Richard) wrote:

Tough choice, if you only had the two to choose from. But I'd
probably pick the TeleVue only because a 60mm apo would be able
to provide nice images up to around 125x or so. Beyond that, you
would likely not see much additional detail on planets.
The binos would kick it's a-- on widefield views, but at least with
the apo you can use decent eyepieces that don't distort the field
edge. I know the consensus is that a 60mm refractor doesn't amount
to much, but I still find a scope far more versatile than binos.
However, if you broaden your choices, a 6-8" Dob and reasonably decent
50mm binos could be bought for the same price.

The TV-60 is for someone who wants a very small (10.5" long) APO
telescope that can fit into a large coat pocket. If you want a
high-end scope that can give you a 4.3 deg. field of view and at high
powers be able to resolve the rings of Saturn. It fits onto any photo
tripod for use as a spotting scope w/ interchangeable 1.25" eyepieces.

This scope can be attached to other scopes via a quick release mounts
to be used as a very sharp 60mm F/6 wide angle imager or finder.

I hope this helps.

Steve D. White
TeleVue Optics N. American Rep.


www.televue.com

On 21 Jun 2004 14:32:38 -0700, (Richard) wrote:

Tough choice, if you only had the two to choose from. But I'd
probably pick the TeleVue only because a 60mm apo would be able
to provide nice images up to around 125x or so. Beyond that, you
would likely not see much additional detail on planets.
The binos would kick it's a-- on widefield views, but at least with
the apo you can use decent eyepieces that don't distort the field
edge. I know the consensus is that a 60mm refractor doesn't amount
to much, but I still find a scope far more versatile than binos.
However, if you broaden your choices, a 6-8" Dob and reasonably decent
50mm binos could be bought for the same price.

The TV-60 is for someone who wants a very small (10.5" long) APO
telescope that can fit into a large coat pocket. If you want a
high-end scope that can give you a 4.3 deg. field of view and at high
powers be able to resolve the rings of Saturn. It fits onto any photo
tripod for use as a spotting scope w/ interchangeable 1.25" eyepieces.

This scope can be attached to other scopes via a quick release mounts
to be used as a very sharp 60mm F/6 wide angle imager or finder.

I hope this helps.

Steve D. White
TeleVue Optics N. American Rep.


www.televue.com