To use 100mm binos without a tripod would require superhuman strength and the ability to stop all bodily functions and movements to get a steady view at 25x....
Geoff, you hit the nail on the head. Those 7x35s are very similar to my 6x30's, except the SportsteR logo is on both sides, rather than one side saying Carl...
A qualified success!! A short update on my underperforming Tal 100R achromat - particularly for Gary who has been so helpful. Gary's Tal is the 100RS which is...
Greetings Russ, The 25X100 are not the kind of Binocular you wish to hang around your neck. I would not even wish that on anyone. Also I have not fully...
Russ, Here is the link http://www.apogeeinc.com/binos.html the 7 X 50's seem to have a nebula filter and for $70. The ones I have are just below. I hope this...
... The upper limit for most people for handheld non-stabilized binoculars is around 10x50 or 9x63. By sitting down and bracing my elbows I've been able to...
Greetings Keith, Yea, but an interesting thing, Orion list this mount option for their new 80's and 100's. I believe this to be a big error. I have already...
A short comparison. I had the opportunity early this morning to finally test out my new 90mm Mak, which I got as a travel/spotting scope. While the seeing was...
Excellent, Mark! Sounds like you've made progress. The difference in baffling between the two scopes, the R and RS, is in the number of them. That is, the R...
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Hello All I also want to add my best to All for a great new year. What new discoveries will be made this year? Hmmm I wonder. Stay tuned I guess. Het even...
Keith, The reason for the quick 25 X 100’s posting was the fact that Apogee had some negative responses to its telescopes. I feel retailers whom place good...
The Orion Apex Maks are a VG value, rugged, and sound construction... http://www.barrie-tao.com/apex127.html Ciao....Barry ... Banding ... banding. ... But ......
many years ago i made a pipe mount for a 4.25 reflector. i tapped holes for small set screws to hold the fittings. it did a very good job. they never came...
Hi everyone, I'm new here, as this is my first post. Probably all of you know of the annoying occurrence when lenses fog up after coming inside on a cold...
... The lenses usually fog up because they are cold and the atmosphere in the house is warm and full of mositure. If you leave everything capped, and the case...
gsblue5 and Geoff Welcome gsblue5 :) I am new here too and new to astronomy with a telescope. I've always loved looking at the stars but I just bought a...
Geoff is right on the money. It is not a good idea to let condensation to form repeatedly on your eyepieces or scopes optics (if dew is persent on the OTA dry...
... I keep my telescopes in my unheated garage, but I keep my eyepieces in a case which seals pretty tightly, which I keep in the house. The reason for this...
Geoff, there is an old saying " never loan your wife or chinsaw to anyone". Now I guess we should add eyepieces! :-D Jeff ... years, and ... spiders had ... ...
Geoff So going from warm to cold is okay but cold to warm is not. That makes sense. I've seen condensation on a cold glass but not on a warm one so... The...
Hi Brian. If the EP is cold, it will react to the heat radiated by the eye and fog up very quickly. In the winter I place any fogged EPs inside my coat...
Just to add to this thread a little, you'll find that dirty/oily eyepieces (oils from eyelashes, etc.) tend to fog more rapidly than clean eyepieces. So, do...
... The main reason for keeping the scope cold has nothing to do with condensation, but rather with decreasing cooldown time. Most scopes require some time...
When it is below freezing while observing, especially with short eye relief eyepieces, I always keep the rubber eyecup in the down or retracted position. This...
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