Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I FINALLY received the second version of the 20X-60X Vario-Okular for my APO-Televid, after a patient wait of a year and a half, and do NOT order Leica through the Ritz camera chain! What a charmer this eyepiece is! I did a side-by-side with the old version this afternoon, and the new one is a significant improvement. The first version 20X-60X is an okay eyepiece with a fairly good central area. The second version is a REALLY good eyepiece which has remarkably improved edge definition. (And, yes, I'll be posting my first-version for sale ASAP.) Leica has produced a fine small telescope here, with a fine eyepiece selection -- 20X widefield, 32X widefield, 20X-60X Vario, and a 40X, together with a camera adapter which, with a Leica T-Mount adapter and the R Ocular, affords 64X. I use it on a small Bogen tripod, and toss both in the trunk when I travel. Really handy -- the only quality telescope I have which challenges my Questar 3.5 in terms of mixing aperture and quality. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!