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Recent content by 4John

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    New Eyepiece - SDL4

    Boogieshrew, Thanks for the reply. Like you I don't go looking for CA and I don't want to learn how to induce it. That was why it was such a shock to see it so badly with the both of the two MM4 bodies and the same SDLv3 I tried. With hindsight I should have tried a few SDLv3 - that might have...
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    Nikon ED50A breakage

    Easier than I thought : From richard866945 "Bino repair man" "This is not that difficult to repair. I have fixed a number of telescopes like this. The holes / threads into which the three screws fit can be remade with two part epoxy metal replacement . When dry it takes a new thread. If the...
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    Nikon ED50A breakage

    stupot Somewhere on this forum in the last few months a "professional" repairer posted to say he had developed a procedure to repair ED50s which had broken in half. My forum search skills aren't great, but I will see if I can find it.
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    Advice on mini-spotting scope.

    Granpoli, I occasionally use my ED50 with the MCII zoom at 40x magnification in good light on a monopod with a fold down foot. It works fine, but the keywords here are "occasionally" and "in good light". Most of the time I don't need 40x magnification. I find that the 13-30x range of the zoom...
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    New Eyepiece - SDL4

    Boogieshrew, I sent two MM4 with v3 zooms back because of chromatic aberration. I assumed it was the bodies, but with hindsight it could have been the v3 zoom eyepiece, so I am interested to see Opticron has replaced "one of the eyelens elements with ED glass to help reduce chromatic...
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    ED50 recommendation

    Tracker12, Is this your first scope, or are you buying it to complement an existing larger scope ?
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    Kowa TSN-501 - a brief review

    WRL, Do you see any CA in your 554 ?
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    Kowa TSN-501 - a brief review

    Rsrjerry, Years ago I used a Zeiss 30x60 "mirror" scope. I never saw any CA. I bought a Swarovski STS 80 HD with the 20-60 zoom and I never saw any CA. I have used an ED50 with the MC2 13-40 zoom and the 27X fixed mag eyepiece for 10+ years. I have never seen any CA. Personally I therefore have...
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    Any "compact scopes" that you like?

    Chil6x6, I didn't realise you had your finger on the trigger, and I also missed the fact you wear glasses - which was pretty obvious from your photo :-). Fortunately Hermann picked that up. Perhaps I need new contact lenses (BTW have you tried them ?). I would therefore underline Hermann's...
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    Any "compact scopes" that you like?

    Hermann, Aren't they available attached to monopods from monostat.de ?
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    Any "compact scopes" that you like?

    Chill6x6 Only you can say if a 50mm scope will be too small for you, so I wouldn't give up checking out a 50mm scope for yourself. I would do some online research to see if there are any 50mm scope stockists within reach you could visit and do a side-by-side comparison with your 664...
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    Any "compact scopes" that you like?

    Chill6X6, Wot dwatsonbirder said : Nikon ED50 :-). I bought an ED50 10+ years ago and it's been my main scope ever since. I very quickly found the Swarovski STS80 I had stayed at home, so I sold it. In a similar vein, some would therefore argue that once you have a Swarovski ATC you will end up...
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    Sightron SII Blue Sky HD 20-60X85

    5-15k NOK is £370 to £1109. If you are not happy with the Celestron and send it back, then Opticron have scopes in this price range which are well regarded on this forum, and they have a web page in Norwegian here : Home | Opticron They have dealers in Olso, Trondheim, Bergen, and places even...
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    Another mini fluid head - Leofoto Ranger BV1

    400g is not bad, although the lightest I know of is a SmallRig video head which is 279g.
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    Scope advice

    Harpyeagle, Some people are able to buy once, in which case I agree that buying something that will satisfy you in the long term is best. However, not everyone is like that. If you have never owned a scope before you may buy a scope you think will satisfy you in the long term only to find after...
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