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80mm binoc scope in Orion
Hi all:
I'm casting a wandering eye toward the 80mm binoc scope in the Orion catalog. Does anyone out there own one? Any experiences to share? --- Dave Boll http://www.daveboll.com/ |
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80mm binoc scope in Orion
I don't know anything about the Orion, but a few days ago a frequent poster
left this link for a new line of binoculars. 50, 60, 80 and 100mm at a super price and all equipped with a flick on and off nebula filter. www.apogeeinc.com I couldn't resist, so I ordered a pair. Check it out. Al "Dave & Janelle" wrote in message ... Hi all: I'm casting a wandering eye toward the 80mm binoc scope in the Orion catalog. Does anyone out there own one? Any experiences to share? --- Dave Boll http://www.daveboll.com/ |
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80mm binoc scope in Orion
I don't know anything about the Orion, but a few days ago a frequent poster
left this link for a new line of binoculars. 50, 60, 80 and 100mm at a super price and all equipped with a flick on and off nebula filter. www.apogeeinc.com I couldn't resist, so I ordered a pair. Check it out. Al "Dave & Janelle" wrote in message ... Hi all: I'm casting a wandering eye toward the 80mm binoc scope in the Orion catalog. Does anyone out there own one? Any experiences to share? --- Dave Boll http://www.daveboll.com/ |
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80mm binoc scope in Orion
I don't know anything about the Orion,
I think that must be the 80mm Vixen scope that uses standard 1.25 inch, goes on a serious mount and is pretty much two matched scope side by side. 50, 60, 80 and 100mm at a super price and all equipped with a flick on and off nebula filter. www.apogeeinc.com I couldn't resist, so I ordered a pair. I guess you're the Guinea Pig, let us know how they work out. Jon |
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80mm binoc scope in Orion
I don't know anything about the Orion,
I think that must be the 80mm Vixen scope that uses standard 1.25 inch, goes on a serious mount and is pretty much two matched scope side by side. 50, 60, 80 and 100mm at a super price and all equipped with a flick on and off nebula filter. www.apogeeinc.com I couldn't resist, so I ordered a pair. I guess you're the Guinea Pig, let us know how they work out. Jon |
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80mm binoc scope in Orion
I think the original poster was referring to the Vixen 80mm binos? I've
SEEN these, and they LOOKED nice, but I've not tried to use them. Vixen stuff is generally decent. I do have the larger Vixen 20X125 mm binos, and I'm totally satisfied with them, relative to their cost. They are not 'apos', and do exhibit some color fringing on small bright objects (planets), but are otherwise excellent. They produce a nice sharp image over a very large portion of their wide field of view. The only convnetional binos I've seen that do better are a LOT more expensive. And there are always the 6" and 10" JMI retro binos. These are STRANGE, but seem to work well. I go to use them at Astrofest last fall. The 6" was GREAT, but the prototype for the 10" still had a few bugs (frame-flex problems). It worked well when you could get the images to coincide. I see it's now listed as an available item, so supposedly the problems have been corrected. Dan Mitchell ========== Al wrote: I don't know anything about the Orion, but a few days ago a frequent poster left this link for a new line of binoculars. 50, 60, 80 and 100mm at a super price and all equipped with a flick on and off nebula filter. www.apogeeinc.com I couldn't resist, so I ordered a pair. Check it out. Al "Dave & Janelle" wrote in message ... Hi all: I'm casting a wandering eye toward the 80mm binoc scope in the Orion catalog. Does anyone out there own one? Any experiences to share? --- Dave Boll http://www.daveboll.com/ |
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80mm binoc scope in Orion
I think the original poster was referring to the Vixen 80mm binos? I've
SEEN these, and they LOOKED nice, but I've not tried to use them. Vixen stuff is generally decent. I do have the larger Vixen 20X125 mm binos, and I'm totally satisfied with them, relative to their cost. They are not 'apos', and do exhibit some color fringing on small bright objects (planets), but are otherwise excellent. They produce a nice sharp image over a very large portion of their wide field of view. The only convnetional binos I've seen that do better are a LOT more expensive. And there are always the 6" and 10" JMI retro binos. These are STRANGE, but seem to work well. I go to use them at Astrofest last fall. The 6" was GREAT, but the prototype for the 10" still had a few bugs (frame-flex problems). It worked well when you could get the images to coincide. I see it's now listed as an available item, so supposedly the problems have been corrected. Dan Mitchell ========== Al wrote: I don't know anything about the Orion, but a few days ago a frequent poster left this link for a new line of binoculars. 50, 60, 80 and 100mm at a super price and all equipped with a flick on and off nebula filter. www.apogeeinc.com I couldn't resist, so I ordered a pair. Check it out. Al "Dave & Janelle" wrote in message ... Hi all: I'm casting a wandering eye toward the 80mm binoc scope in the Orion catalog. Does anyone out there own one? Any experiences to share? --- Dave Boll http://www.daveboll.com/ |
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