At the end I have narrowed down my search to ES62 26mm. Waiting for delivery on one. If it checks all my boxes I will get another for the pair. Figured out it is a good time to create a thread for people to share their experiences for this
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At the end I have narrowed down my search to ES62 26mm. Waiting for delivery on one. If it checks all my boxes I will get another for the pair. Figured out it is a good time to create a thread for people to share their experiences for this
Mounts: SW: SkyTee2, AzGTi; iOptron: AZMP; ES: Twilight I; Bresser: EXOS2; UA: MicroStar.
Binos: APM: 100-90 APO; Canon: IS 15x50; Orion: Binoviewer, LG II 15x70, WV 10x50, Nikon: AE 16x50, 10x50, 8x40.
EPs: Pentax: XWs & XFs; TeleVue: Delites, Delos, Panoptic & Plossls; ES: 68, 62; Vixen: SLVs; Baader: BCOs, Aspherics, Mark IV.
Diagonals: Baader: BBHS mirror, Zeiss Spec T2 prism, Clicklock dielectric; TeleVue: Evebrite dielectric; AltairAstro: 2" prism.
Filters: Lumicon: DeepSky, UHC, OIII, H-beta; Baader: Moon & SkyGlow, Contrast Booster, UHC-S, 6-color set; Astronomik: UHC.
Solar: HA: Lunt 50mm single stack, W/L: Meade Herschel wedge.
Observing: DSOs: 3106 (Completed: Messier, Herschel 1, 2, 3. In progress: H2,500: 2180, S110: 77). Doubles: 2461, Comets: 34, Asteroids: 261
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I finally had a very good sky one night when the Moon was roughly half lit. Using that
I believe this eyepiece series is a desentant of the Meade 5000 series 5 and 6 element Plossels. In one conversation I had with someone who should know, the Meade eyepieces were called Masumaya Clones. I believe the Bresser 60 eyepieces were the next generation, and the
Common features include: Exactly the same focal lengths, and parfocal through both the Meade and
I believe the optical formula has been modified at least in the
Though my eyes tend to favor the coatings Meade had on these eyepieces as being "prettier" in a way I cannot put into words, there is a subtle difference with the
I have the impression that the
I will be making some comparisons with a Meade Infinity 102 refractor later, when sky conditions allow.
If Explore Scientific ever saw fit to make additional focal lengths in between the existing ones, I am thinking 7, 11, 17, and 23mm focal lengths, I would certainly purchase them. They would fit in with my KLEE 2.2X Barlow to make a wonderful system for my
Reason: Fixing a minor spelling error.
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Mounts: SW: SkyTee2, AzGTi; iOptron: AZMP; ES: Twilight I; Bresser: EXOS2; UA: MicroStar.
Binos: APM: 100-90 APO; Canon: IS 15x50; Orion: Binoviewer, LG II 15x70, WV 10x50, Nikon: AE 16x50, 10x50, 8x40.
EPs: Pentax: XWs & XFs; TeleVue: Delites, Delos, Panoptic & Plossls; ES: 68, 62; Vixen: SLVs; Baader: BCOs, Aspherics, Mark IV.
Diagonals: Baader: BBHS mirror, Zeiss Spec T2 prism, Clicklock dielectric; TeleVue: Evebrite dielectric; AltairAstro: 2" prism.
Filters: Lumicon: DeepSky, UHC, OIII, H-beta; Baader: Moon & SkyGlow, Contrast Booster, UHC-S, 6-color set; Astronomik: UHC.
Solar: HA: Lunt 50mm single stack, W/L: Meade Herschel wedge.
Observing: DSOs: 3106 (Completed: Messier, Herschel 1, 2, 3. In progress: H2,500: 2180, S110: 77). Doubles: 2461, Comets: 34, Asteroids: 261
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Unfortunately, ES62 turned out to be too wide to work for me in binoviewers. But this applies to most of modern10538 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 31, 2021 11:35 am Hi Bigz! I’m looking forward to hearing how the 26mm works out for you. I have a 24 Panoptic but I’m still in the learning curve with my WO’s so I’m playing around with some Meade 4000 series eyepieces right now to see how that works before spending any more. I hope it’s what you’re looking for!
At this point I am building my binoviewer set from Orthos, Plossls and Pentax XFs
I will still keep single ES62 26mm since it covers nicely the missing
Mounts: SW: SkyTee2, AzGTi; iOptron: AZMP; ES: Twilight I; Bresser: EXOS2; UA: MicroStar.
Binos: APM: 100-90 APO; Canon: IS 15x50; Orion: Binoviewer, LG II 15x70, WV 10x50, Nikon: AE 16x50, 10x50, 8x40.
EPs: Pentax: XWs & XFs; TeleVue: Delites, Delos, Panoptic & Plossls; ES: 68, 62; Vixen: SLVs; Baader: BCOs, Aspherics, Mark IV.
Diagonals: Baader: BBHS mirror, Zeiss Spec T2 prism, Clicklock dielectric; TeleVue: Evebrite dielectric; AltairAstro: 2" prism.
Filters: Lumicon: DeepSky, UHC, OIII, H-beta; Baader: Moon & SkyGlow, Contrast Booster, UHC-S, 6-color set; Astronomik: UHC.
Solar: HA: Lunt 50mm single stack, W/L: Meade Herschel wedge.
Observing: DSOs: 3106 (Completed: Messier, Herschel 1, 2, 3. In progress: H2,500: 2180, S110: 77). Doubles: 2461, Comets: 34, Asteroids: 261
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I seem to recall reading, in some old in-depth threads about them, that Zeiss actually licensed the Japanese firm of Ohi Optics (Masuyama) to make 2:1:2 eyepieces of the Astroplan configuration.notFritzArgelander wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 4:19 am YEs, the Meade 5000 were designs that Meade cloned from the Masuyama design which was cloned from the Zeiss Astroplanokular which was derived, not cloned, from the Plössl design. Zeiss had a patent IIRC. Introduced in the 1950s the Zeiss design was cloned and market by other folks as a 5 element Plössl in order to make patent enforcement more difficult.
Ohi Optics still makes them today under the Masuyama label, though they are different in apparent field (Masuyama-san passed on years ago).
In the late '80s and early '90s, they made them for Antares, Omcon, Orion, Tuthill, Parks, Celestron, and Baader.
The Meades were made in Japan by Kowa.
When Meade went to JingHua Optical in China to have eyepieces made, the S5000 copied the same 2:1:2 design, but expanded the
They're now long-gone.
Today, the 50° design is still sold by Takahashi (and still made in Japan) as the LE eyepieces, though the actual manufacturer is unknown by anyone I've heard from.
Currently using a 12.5" dob and a 4" apo refractor
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Thanks for the history!Don Pensack wrote: ↑Wed May 26, 2021 3:24 pmI seem to recall reading, in some old in-depth threads about them, that Zeiss actually licensed the Japanese firm of Ohi Optics (Masuyama) to make 2:1:2 eyepieces of the Astroplan configuration.notFritzArgelander wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 4:19 am YEs, the Meade 5000 were designs that Meade cloned from the Masuyama design which was cloned from the Zeiss Astroplanokular which was derived, not cloned, from the Plössl design. Zeiss had a patent IIRC. Introduced in the 1950s the Zeiss design was cloned and market by other folks as a 5 element Plössl in order to make patent enforcement more difficult.
Ohi Optics still makes them today under the Masuyama label, though they are different in apparent field (Masuyama-san passed on years ago).
In the late '80s and early '90s, they made them for Antares, Omcon, Orion, Tuthill, Parks, Celestron, and Baader.
The Meades were made in Japan by Kowa.
When Meade went to JingHua Optical in China to have eyepieces made, the S5000 copied the same 2:1:2 design, but expanded theafov to 60° from 50°.
They're now long-gone.
Today, the 50° design is still sold by Takahashi (and still made in Japan) as the LE eyepieces, though the actual manufacturer is unknown by anyone I've heard from.
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Eyepieces from: Aero, Antares, APM, Baader, Brandon, Bresser, Celestron, Datysun, Docter, Explore Scientific, GSO, I R Poyser, Meade, Nikon, Orion, Pentax, Rodenstock, Siberia, Sky-Watcher, Taiso, Takahashi, TAL, Tele Vue, TS, Vernonscope, Vixen, Zeiss.
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