Red Dot Finders
Advantages--Easy to use, Lightweight, Points at stuff, cheap.
Disadvantages--Non-magnifying, Requires batteries, Only points at stuff.
APOs
Advantages--Magnifies, doesn't require batteries, good for imaging/photography/visual use.
Disadvantages--all those eyepieces, requires mounting, needs finder to point at stuff, expensive.
That sums it up for me. I know this is a controversial subject with some, but based on this indepth analysis, if I had to choose between the two, I'd have to go with the RDF.
Randy--YMMV, IMHO, Please no flames. . .
Advantages--Easy to use, Lightweight, Points at stuff, cheap.
Disadvantages--Non-magnifying, Requires batteries, Only points at stuff.
APOs
Advantages--Magnifies, doesn't require batteries, good for imaging/photography/visual use.
Disadvantages--all those eyepieces, requires mounting, needs finder to point at stuff, expensive.
That sums it up for me. I know this is a controversial subject with some, but based on this indepth analysis, if I had to choose between the two, I'd have to go with the RDF.
Randy--YMMV, IMHO, Please no flames. . .
Randy Roy
