Kevin Barker Reviews

Exquisite optics, very little light loss compared to other binoviewers, or not using a binoviewer. The individual focus of each side takers a bit of skill and practice to use. I use mine with a 1.25X field lens and an APQ130 telescope. The planetary views are breathtaking even at 170 X which is roughly a 0.8 mm exit pupil for my telescope.

Optically a 10 for high power planetary study. Mechanically the unique individual eyepiece adjustments do take a bit of practice to get used to. Ive owned this model for 5 years and received one of the first directly from Mr Baader. I use the 1.7X and find the 0.8 mm exit pupil best for planetary contrast. Coupled with a pair of 10 mm SPLs and a 130 mm APQ telescope I enjoy breathtaking lunar/planetary views. These bino-viewers lose very little light compared to other models I have used.

Exquisite optics, very little light loss compared to other binoviewers, or not using a binoviewer. The individual focus of each side takers a bit of skill and practice to use. I use mine with a 1.25X field lens and an APQ130 telescope. The planetary views are breathtaking even at 170 X which is roughly a 0.8 mm exit pupil for my telescope.

Exceptional eye relief and wonderful bright viewing. A firm favourite. Ive used mine dozens of times and they never disappoint.

I prefer the better eye relief and lower magnification of the 10 X 70s. These binocs do have the incredible 60 degree plus AFOV but eye relief is a little limited. My pair showed a bit more CA than my 10x pair. A wonderful binocular nonetheless. Mechanically very well made.

Excellent eyepiece. main fault a shortish eye relief if you wear glasses. Breathtaking for binoviewing.

An amazing eyepiece. The views are most probably best for a large aperture short aperture newtonian as my refractor struggles to balance with this behemoth. The image quality is astounding, better than type 6 Naglers.