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TeleVue Nagler 4.8mm

Short eye-relief of course. I bought mine used for about $65. Wide fields are nice, but the wide-field design compromises sharpness and contrast. I've got sharper, constrastier Orthos and Ultrascopics. At high power, I don't care about wide-fields that much anyway. I picked it up because I couldn't resist a Nagler. Other than a wide field of view, practically unuseable due to the short eye-relief (even without glasses and with the eyecup folded down), there is little to recommend this eyepiece.

Overall Rating: 7
Optics:8 Value:8
Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote)
Date: 11/22/2003 04:57:33 am PST
By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.10.149)
Link to this vote: http://excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=321026

&gt;Short eye-relief of course.  I bought mine used for about $65.  Wide fields are nice, but the wide-field design compromises sharpness and contrast.  I've got sharper, constrastier Orthos and Ultrascopics.  At high power, I don't care about wide-fields that much anyway.  I picked it up because I couldn't resist a Nagler.  Other than a wide field of view, practically unuseable due to the short eye-relief (even without glasses and with the eyecup folded down), there is little to recommend this eyepiece.

Have you really looked through a 5mm Ortho or 6 Plossl....???  I agree the ER is tight but man.... what do you want??  The image is very sharp and superior to the types you listed by any measure....  I don't believe that many people share your opinion......

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