Best Array Of EP's For C8 ??

After side by side field tests with my TV 102 refractor, I pretty much found out what worked well with that particular system and what did not..(Meade 14mm UWA) & an (Apogee 30mm. Wide Scan II.) were winners. Now with the New Celestron C8 I will begin again... All you C8 owners out there must have some "favorites" would like to hear your performance rating on a few EP's. I realize the field of view will be different, as I found out with a MN-76 Mak/Newt. I had for awhile, could not enjoy objects like the Double Cluster in Perseus the way I could with the 102. The 102 at 16X (TV 55mm. Plossl) framed the famous double with an inky black background and center stage appeared the twin clusters, like a Jewel Box glistening! With the Mak. nothing but stars filled the entire EP field.
On Planets: Will have to gear-up for Aug. Debut of The Anger Red One. what will be the odds/on favorite EP in this catagory? Ortho? Rad? Nag? or Plossl.
And in the DSO realm what compliments the C8 the best? Could only resolve M-57 using averted vision with the 102. Was a little better at 5000' Elev. (OR Star Party) last Aug. Cassini was hit and miss , Better with the 7" Mak. Looking forward to "1st light" with the C8. Will keep you all posted. Regards, John M

I like the 12, 17, 20 and 31mm Naglers with the C8. I also really like the Russell 2" 14mmXL EP he made and the Meade 8.8 and 6.7 UWAs work very nicely. The 4.7mm UWA is nice but really close to over magnification on a given night! Gary Russells 11, and 13mm 2" EPs work well too, but not as nice as the 14mmXL.

The 35 and 27 Panoptic work nicely, but I prefer the Naglers.

I have tried quite a few other plossls, Kellners and Erfles and I have sold them all to buy Naglers and UWAs.
I kept only the Gary Russell EPs out of the whole bunch.

I realise that I have specified some expensive EPs, but I have found out th hard way that quality usually cost a bit of money! :^)

The Russell EPs are cheap but I feel the the ones I mentioned are good performers for the price and I think hey are worth buying. He has some others that do not perform as well, so not all his EPs are keepers.

Hope this helps.
Floyd