TeleVue Panoptic 22mm

Overall Rating: 9
Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote)
Date: 11/08/2001 09:04:01 pm PST
By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.254.230)
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Overall Rating: 10
Optics:10 Value:10
Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote)
Date: 02/07/2002 02:56:39 am PST
By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.110.73)
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Overall Rating: 10
Optics:10 Value:9
Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote)
Date: 02/07/2002 01:13:59 pm PST
By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.216.102)
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Overall Rating: 10
Optics:10 Value:10
Weight: 10 (Trustworthy Vote)
Date: 04/07/2002 07:21:16 am PST
By: groth
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>One of the best overall eyepieces on the market.  Easy viewing, medium power, decent FOV, sharp optics, TV resale/quality.  What more can you ask?

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Amazing eyepiece in my Sky Mentor 12" F/5 scope.
Very small amount of astigmatism in my pristine figured optics.
I would recommend the 22 Pan to anybody because IMHO this eyepiece is a real winner !!!!
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Mark
12"  Gso scope

Overall Rating: 10
Optics:10 Value:10
Weight: 10 (Trustworthy Vote)
Date: 05/27/2002 04:59:08 am PST
By: Zibdog
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Overall Rating: 9
Optics:10 Value:8
Weight: 5 (Veritable Vote)
Date: 05/06/2004 09:05:18 am PST
By: rodgerraubach
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Overall Rating: 8
Optics:9 Value:9
Weight: 5 (Veritable Vote)
Date: 04/08/2005 11:48:06 am PST
By: buddha2490
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>Used in a 10" F/5,6 dob.
>
>First time I looked through this, I involuntarily said 'Wow'.  It definately has a very immersive feel to it.  More so than the 24mm Panoptic.  I think this was one of the sharpest EP i have ever used, all the way to the edge.  
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>I didn't like the dual barrel.  I didn't like the pincushion.  I have used the 35 panoptic too and the 22 was worse in this distortion.
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>Good EP though, if weight isn't a factor though, a better deal would be a used 20mm T2 nagler I think.

The only problem with the 20mm Nag t2 is the weight. The EP is tack sharp to the edge @ f/4.7, but @ 2.3 LBS the scope
needs heavy re-balancing, and even then when you take out the 20 Nag T2, the scope wants to tip backwards. 

I just snagged a 22mm Pan i place of the 20 Nag T2!