Orion HighLight Plossl 12.5mm

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Orion HighLight Plossl 12.5mm
The 32mm and 25mm are the best of the Plossl line. Bright images, decent field of view, and good eye relief. When you drop below 25mm, the eye relief starts to get a little short. Below 10mm the eye relief is negligable - to the point where I won't use them even if I won them.

Overall Rating: 5
Optics:8 Value:5
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Orion HighLight Plossl 12.5mm
As noted in my comparison of the 12.5 Highlight to the Pentax 14mm XW, the 12.5 came out ahead in all but eye relief and AFOV. I know that comparing two such dissimilar eyepiece configurations is frowned upon by some, but the visual differentiations between them were so striking I could not resist this little review. I had high expectations from the Pentax XW, but after putting the two mano a mano there was no way I was going the keep the Pentax. Perhaps a more level playing field would be a comparison of the Pentax with the Nagler 13mm T6. That may be coming soon...

Overall Rating: 9
Optics:9 Value:9
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Orion HighLight Plossl 12.5mm
I give this e.p high marks for brightness, contrast and sharpness to the edge in my xt6. I have had a 12.5 ultima and a 15 tv plossl and I like this better, also it is sharper and brighter than my 13t6.

Overall Rating: 10
Optics:10 Value:10
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