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Re: Thoughts on Axiom 2

Started by mhosea, 07/12/2005 06:13PM
Posted 07/12/2005 06:13PM Opening Post
Don't know, but they don't look like bargains or undiscovered gems to me. If they are like the UO MK-70s in correction, that would be okay at f/6 but perhaps not very satisfying at f/5. Twice I've tried the 40mm UO MK-70 and just wasn't happy with it in my 10" f/5, although my dissatisfaction with seagulls at the edge of field was rivaled by my frustration with the very thin, undersized barrel with the safety undercut in just the wrong spot for me to parfocalize the eyepiece (ended up wobbly in the focuser).
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Mike
Posted 07/12/2005 09:06PM #1
Hi, Mike.
How about the old 40mm Megavista (aka UO 7/70)? Do you have any experience with it in the f/5-f/6 range -- especially relative to the MK70? There's reason to believe that the 34mm & 40mm Axioms are, in actuality, reborn/rebranded examples of the ol' Megavista & UO big'ns.

Cheers.
-Dan