Pentax PR-65 EDA Meets The APM 12.5 mm Eyepiece
I thought this would be of interest to those of you who are always seeking to pushing the limits of your spotting scope. I love large eyepieces with outrageously large eye lens with corresponding super large eye relief. I waited over a year to get my hands on this beast. It’s the largest Astro 1.25 inch fixed power eyepiece I have ever tried in the little Pentax. This is the APM Hi-FW 12.5 mm eyepiece from APM Telescopes Germany. I anxiously waited .... would this come to focus in the little Pentax , would this eyepiece prove my little Pentax to be not up to the challenge ? ..... The Pentax passed with flying colors with the APM 12.5 mm eyepiece providing an extremely eeeee large FOV. with a 30x fixed power. It’s says 84 degrees on the eyepiece and when compared to my Pentax XW14/20 you really get a sense just how huge the view is. Optically when compared to the Pentax XW’s it is just as sharp/clear. It is a solid well built eyepiece, equal to the Pentax XW’s. I have provided a picture of the XW20 next to the APM to show the size difference.
I thought this would be of interest to those of you who are always seeking to pushing the limits of your spotting scope. I love large eyepieces with outrageously large eye lens with corresponding super large eye relief. I waited over a year to get my hands on this beast. It’s the largest Astro 1.25 inch fixed power eyepiece I have ever tried in the little Pentax. This is the APM Hi-FW 12.5 mm eyepiece from APM Telescopes Germany. I anxiously waited .... would this come to focus in the little Pentax , would this eyepiece prove my little Pentax to be not up to the challenge ? ..... The Pentax passed with flying colors with the APM 12.5 mm eyepiece providing an extremely eeeee large FOV. with a 30x fixed power. It’s says 84 degrees on the eyepiece and when compared to my Pentax XW14/20 you really get a sense just how huge the view is. Optically when compared to the Pentax XW’s it is just as sharp/clear. It is a solid well built eyepiece, equal to the Pentax XW’s. I have provided a picture of the XW20 next to the APM to show the size difference.
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