Hi,
I am looking for a portable travel scope and have narrowed the choice to either an Intes M503 5" f/10 and a StarMax 127. The Intes costs more $799 vs $399 but has the following advanteges from what I have been able to determine:
-fully illuminated field for 2" eyepieces allowing ~2 deg fov vs ~1.3 fov for the StarMax
-Intes comes with 2" star diagonal
-Intes fit/finish look nicer in pictures at ITE website
-Intes optics better?
The StarMax has enough focus travel for binoviewing use and I am not sure about the Intes. Has anyone tried a binoviewer in the Intes M503?
Has anyone compared views in these two scopes? Are there other reasons to go with one or the other? Thanks.
Dave Adams
I am looking for a portable travel scope and have narrowed the choice to either an Intes M503 5" f/10 and a StarMax 127. The Intes costs more $799 vs $399 but has the following advanteges from what I have been able to determine:
-fully illuminated field for 2" eyepieces allowing ~2 deg fov vs ~1.3 fov for the StarMax
-Intes comes with 2" star diagonal
-Intes fit/finish look nicer in pictures at ITE website
-Intes optics better?
The StarMax has enough focus travel for binoviewing use and I am not sure about the Intes. Has anyone tried a binoviewer in the Intes M503?
Has anyone compared views in these two scopes? Are there other reasons to go with one or the other? Thanks.
Dave Adams
