TeleVue Eyepiece Collection

2" 2x Powermate
20 T4
3-6 Zoom
24 Pan
35 Pan
9 T1 (for sentimental reasons)

I'm surprised at the lack of power in some of the above posts... well here's my current collection, and I've been quite happy with it. My dobs are f/5 and f/5.6, and I recently picked up a 102ed at f/7.

27 pan with 2.0 dioptrx
16 t5
11 t6
7 t6
2x and 2.5x TV barlows

and that's it! don't you all admire my self-restraint?

I guess that's cheating with the extra barlow--but sometimes I want that extra bit of power.

--sooo, should I change out the 27 pan for a 26 t5? or maybe it and my 40mm(rarely used) for a 22t4 and a 35 pan? should I dump the 16t5 for the 17t4? Yeah, the eye relief's a little tight, and I do have astigmatism, but the contrast on that 16mm is incredible...And I still can't imagine a 1.5 lb eyepiece on my lightweight 10" truss dob.

--george

Forgive me for chiming in late on this one,
but I can't be left out of a TeleVue collection thread!
I'd recommend the T4's, T5's, T6's and the Radians.
There. That's four! 8)

Seriously though...

31 T5
20 T5
13 Ethos
7 T6
3-6 zoom for planetary

(No, that's not cheating - I traded in the barlow!)

Linton

I've never looked through a Televue eyepiece. I'm curious just how good they are. I noticed a couple of you listed the 11mm vs. the 12 mm. I would have thought a 2" eyepiece would let more light through with the 2" 1-1/4 12mm. How much difference is there?

Also I was considering buying the Meade series 5000 UWA kit that includes the 30mm , 18mm, and 6.7 mm for $749 with a nice form fitted case.
From reveiws I've read most people can't tell too much difference althought the price difference is huge.


Opinions?

What I have:
32 Wide Field
and 1.25" pairs:
24 Wide Field
16 T5
10.5 Plossl
7.4 Plossl
3-6 zoom
Having sold the 17T4 (heavy and some lateral color), 13T1, 9T1 (which I miss!), and some Plossls. Is there a Nagler in the sub-12mm range with decent eye-relief? :-)

-- William (Saratoga, CA)

p.s. Pentax-wise, pairs of 21XL and 8-24 zoom (covers 8-16 with good FOV), plus 14 and 5XL singles.