Over the past couple of years there has been an explosion of low-cost eyepieces in the 65-70* field class that might be termed "Poor Man's Panoptics" (not Naglers).
A few examples are listed below:
Orion Expanse
Orion DeepView
Apogee Widescan 70*
Antares W70 Series
Proxima 31mm by Handsonoptics
Synta GSO 2'' Kellner(GenI)/SuperView (GenII 2004)
Antares MER 30mm
Speers-Waler 14, 18, 24 (older style)
Siebert Series eyepieces
I would like to hear your views abuot your experiences with these and wonder which one is the best compromise between price and performance. Personally, I have the 9mm and 11m expanse and I like them;
In the meantime I got a deal on astromart on a panoptic 22 that I couldn't pass up. Long live Astromart!
A few examples are listed below:
Orion Expanse
Orion DeepView
Apogee Widescan 70*
Antares W70 Series
Proxima 31mm by Handsonoptics
Synta GSO 2'' Kellner(GenI)/SuperView (GenII 2004)
Antares MER 30mm
Speers-Waler 14, 18, 24 (older style)
Siebert Series eyepieces
I would like to hear your views abuot your experiences with these and wonder which one is the best compromise between price and performance. Personally, I have the 9mm and 11m expanse and I like them;
In the meantime I got a deal on astromart on a panoptic 22 that I couldn't pass up. Long live Astromart!
