Brandons

Has anybody here had any experience with Brandon eyepieces? I have read what Ed Ting says about them, but I would like to see what others might say who have used these.

Thanks,

Glenn

Jay Freeman uses them. See part of

http://observers.org/beginner/eyepieces.freeman.html

Of course, Jay is USED to them after many years of use. Personally, I equate longer eye relief and wider apparent fields to indoor plumbing.

Jeff Medkeff did this comparison:

http://www.weatherman.com/jeffm.htm

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Mike

Glen,

Brandons are a lot better than Ed Ting says they are. I have a set and have spent many hours comparing them directly to the 60 or so other eyepieces that I have.

Brandons are exceptionally sharp in the center of the field. This sharpness applies to planets, the hearts of globulars and anything else you can think of. They resolve more tiny points of light inside globulars than any other eyepieces I have. The 2.4x Brandon Dakin barlow is outstanding.

Brandons weaknesses are small FOV and soft at the edge of the field. The 8mm generally has inadequate eye relief but is ok for planets.


I currently use a set of Pentax XL's for general purpose viewing and switch to the Brandons when I want to try to squeeze the last drop out of an image. Clear skies!