Buying eyepieces needs good advice. You can choose between hundreds of
eyepieces, and especially beginners are often overcharged if they would like to
make a well-founded decision for or against a special eyepiece. Have I to spend
30€ or 300€ for a good eyepiece?
Is this need for good advice not in contradiction to placing an order for
eyepieces by internet?
I do not think so. Especially for astronomical
eyepieces you need to get reliable information about the product, but this does
not necessarily mean that you have to have a personal consultation.
On these web pages I therefore have placed some
helpful information for choosing eyepieces. You will find everything necessary
to make a pre-selection at first (“what do I need in principle?”), and, to come
to a final decision, you may have a look on our test results for each eyepiece.
You will find these test results on our product pages. We do not rely on
manufacturers technical information and data, but try to measure and judge by
ourselves. We perform measurements of the apparent field of view and of the
sharpness of the eyepieces image. The measurement method is described in the
section “Quality Criteria”. Moreover, we try to add our own impressions on
“smooth” criteria like contrast, mechanical quality, distortion etc.
I would like to point out here that we do not
perform what you could call “scientific” measurements. Our goal was to
establish a method which is simple, but suitable to compare different
eyepieces, and which is a little bit more impartial than “had a look through
this eyepiece - it was really great”.
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without telescope is like testing a plane in a flight simulator? However - give
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