Posts Made By: Chester Flaxmayer

I bought the LW version and I love it. It makes a nice compliment to my 10" dob. I have it on a Giro II DX mount for now.
Chester

I have Pentax XLs, Pentax XWs, Pentax Ortho, and several TMBs.

I find that there are usually one or two features on the moon or planet that I DO NOT SEE until I use the TMB or the Pentax ortho. Once I see the feature, I can find it in any eyepiece but I do not see it until I hit it with the right eyepiece. Most of the time, the eyepieces that I have this happen with are the TMBs (Once in a while, the ortho).

This happens on the Moon and planets. THe effect is less on deep fuzzies and I have noticed it on my 8" SCT, 10" Dob, and my 4.5" Apo.
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I use the Borg mini 50.

It is pricy but the ability to change eyepieces and add a diagonal is useful

that way, if you want to use it as stratght thru or right angle, you can.

Hutech sells it

http://www.sciencecenter.net/hutech/borg/miniborg/index.htm

CF

I have a TMB 115/850.
I just bought a TMB 175/1400

The improved detail and light grasp increase is, in a word, HUGE and I live 24 miles north from Phoenix and my skys suck.

The 140 all the way.

CF

my two Giros do not do that.

However, it may not be the shaft

One of mine did that when the collar on the shaft was pressed in to far.

loosen one of the shaft collars, take off and clean and relube the shaft, reassemble and put the collar on just a tad looser than it was, this should fix your problem unloess it is bent.

CF

this always helps me



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