Re: Is this Eyepiece and Filter set any good?

On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 20:49:22 +0000, Martin Brown
<|||newspam|||@nezumi.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>Paul wrote:
>
>> First - I am not affiliated to this company in any way - HONESTLY!!!
>>
>> I am looking (have been for a whle now!) at getting the LX90 8" and
>> saw this offer on their site;
>>
>> http://www.sherwoods-photo.com/meade_scopes/meade_index_fs.htm
>>
>> 2 Options really - get it from here with the filter for £1584
>>
>> OR
>>
>> get it from here;
>>
>> http://telescopehouse.co.uk/page.aspx?pointerid=1288365D609A4C5CBB38DC2324DFF67B&thelang=001lngdef
>>
>> for £1502 (using the 10% BAA discount)
>>
>> So really, are the eyepieces and filters in the first offer worth the
>> extra £80?
>
>You could try beating up BC&F to match Sherwoods deal at Astrofest (they
>are after all the sole Meade UK importer). And it would make quite a
>good spectators sport ;-)
>
>On the face of it the Sherwoods deal is well worthwhile even though the
>4mm & 6mm eyepieces are a waste of time with an f10 instrument in the UK
>on all but 1 night a year (ie worth selling on to someone with a much
>faster scope). And pointless when you have 2x Barlow + 9mm, 15mm.
>
>I wonder what Celestron makes of their special deal kit being sold with
>Meade scopes? UK is probably so far off their radar it doesn't matter!
>
>FWIW I rather like my old Celestron 35mm Ultima eyepiece and I am sure
>it cost more than £80 almost a decade ago.
>
>You can price up the bits off their website. Also worth looking for any
>extra discounts at Astrofest - if you don't ask you won't get.
>
>It is worth buying eyepieces so that a 2x Barlow causes no collisions. I
>favour sequences like 7,10,17,26,40. 2x = 3.5,5,8.5,13,20 YMMV
>
>If I read you correctly for a non-BAA member the deal is that you get
>£70 change and a free set of eyepieces by buying from Sherwoods...
>
>Regards,
>Martin Brown


For non BAA memebrs, then the prices are;

Sherwoods - £1569 + £15 for the lens kit

Telescope House = £1669 on its own (take 10% off, if BAA member)
.

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