I ranked my DSO ASTROPHOTO TELESCOPES - Completely subjectively 😁

[@bmur56]

One of your most entertaining posts Cuiv! You have a wonderful personality and you discuss my favorite subject. I don't mind if you take a break when you need to because you come back with renewed energy.

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

Thanks Bernard, it means a lot!

[@PlandemicSeries-com]

30:44 - "Added the Butt Plug"... hahahaha crack up.

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

I'm glad you did 😁

[@MrBlazer3585]

Thats what made it an A telescope

[@ManNoName-c9u]

Typical, even Cuiv's turkeys are excellent! Brilliant stuff, keep 'em coming!

[@theheavensdeclareastro]

Great to see the Canon 200mm made it to A tier! I saw your post on Cloudy Nights about it a while ago, and I think it could be a great piece of kit for comet widefield photography-someday I’ll have to pick one up!

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

It's a really nice little lens, and the mark I can be picked up second hand for so cheap!

[@theheavensdeclareastro]

@@CuivTheLazyGeek it seems like it! It’s like the 50mm’s cousin-great for point and shoot Astro, even untracked, and really fast.

[@zetacrucis681]

Fantastic overview. The Vixen RS200 galaxy shots are my faves; Samyang 135mm most likely future purchase

[@CDigata]

Nice to look at your Astro journey with the Scopes and gear ✨

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

Thank you Chris!

[@caroliensche13]

Hi Cuiv, i'm not in business since 14 years like you, but i've been doing the same stuff: Assembling all sorts of telescopes and cameras with all sorts of adapters, including custom mades, and sometimes even sanding them down on the grip tape of my old skateboard. Most of the time, after all the work was done, i disassembled my work shortly after, because i needed some parts for the next project.

[@mistaskate8715]

Nice! Fun to see that camera lenses held such a rank with you!

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

Small, self contained, light, fast, and convenient. And millions available second hand for cheap!

[@mistaskate8715]

@@CuivTheLazyGeek Yup! That's why i like them too 😊 i've gotten myself 4 decent quality lenses for widefield ap for about a total of 250 US dollars now! All i need now is a good filter for photography in moonlight and summertime, but i don't know if a 7nm dual band will work unguided...

[@AngrySkyBandit]

I’m a hobby photographer with several telephoto lenses, and I was on the lookout to purchase a large Newtonian or SCT for really deep sky astro photography. This video has had me reconsider my purchase priority, and I might save money to spend the big bucks on a longer telephoto lens, that can serve me for other types of photography. Im glad I watched it till the end !

[@theHDRflightdeck]

Cuiv, I’ve probably watched 100 of your videos which were immensely helpful but couldn’t help but wonder where you originally come from and if you have a day job 😅. Love from Cyprus ❤

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

I'm from France, and I do have a day job that is honestly absolutely killing me with stress and worry :)

[@-Jeremiah-]

Cuiv, Thank you for sharing your image of the dumbbell nebula. I took my first image with tracking recently. Orion Nebula, but as it’s late in the season I didn’t get a ton of time. I don’t think I had long enough subs etc…. I absolutely love the image, and I don’t know if I want to show it to anyone because it’s not “great”. Thanks for reminding me to enjoy the journey.

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

The journey is what matters :-)

[@aradani3]

Thank you Cuiv! I really like you ranking videos! It's really interesting that AP allows you to go in so many different ways! Should I increase FL? Should increase aperture? Can I increase weight on the same mount? Should move to mono? It's a shame that you ended up selling both of your most valued scopes.

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

Exactly!! And yes on the selling...

[@Sidecontrol1234]

I started with the Fuji 55-200mm lens, then moved to my first telescope the SW 72 ed and now I'm using a WO Redcar 51, which I love!!

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

The Redcat does have a sterling reputation and millions of accessories!

[@mistaskate8715]

I rewatched this again. Fun video and great to see it from your point of view. You make a great point of having long focal lenght with bad seeing. Makes me realise it might be better going for a newt rather that the edgehd 8 for example. Reach is fun, but not at the cost of having to wait for good seeing (and clear skies and not being at work 😄).

[@127Foxtrot]

Cuiv, such a revealing and informative journey to share with us (you idiot 🤪!). Really helping me to think about my current scopes and what my first deep sky camera may be, Cheers Fox!

[@DSOImager]

Fun video. We all suffer from Id10T errors occasionally. Best thing to do in those situations is to turn it off and on again :) Loved hearing about your past experiences. CS!

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

Thank you and clear skies!!

[@atarkus8]

Cuiv the filter wheel that you had to grind adaptors for is a Starlight Xpress. I have two of them, so recognized it right away. It was a good solution by the way, I've seen someone take the grinder to the LENS itself to get them more backfocus! I've had the Geoptic lens adapter and hated it. It always seemed like it was just barely able to hold the weight and never felt secure or solid. The Samyang 135 lens seemed to create massive star halos for me when I tried using it at F2. You'll laugh, but a 1970s vintage Pentax F2.5 seemed better in just about every way aside for less aperture. Regardless it's impressive you got all these lenses to work well. And as for the dragonfly array you mentioned they are using the 400mm 2.8 lenses, and they supposedly picked them exclusively for the coatings. Their research paper states that no mirror based telescope could achieve the low level of light scatter that these lenses do. Thanks for a fascinating video. And that M45 shot from Tokyo was outstanding.

[@astroslap]

I wasn't expecting at all to hear "astro slaps" in your video. Username checks out :D

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

Username DOES check out!

[@clovispremier2980]

Salut Cuiv. Thank you very much for sharing your great experience in astrophoto. Your are always inspiring for me because I found your analysis so pertinent. Merci et a bientôt.

[@bazpearce9993]

My favourite scope is my little 5 inch Maksutov for sure. I've had since May 15, and have had to clean it a few times. Despite this the collimation is still perfect. It can do everything from Solar to DSO. But i mostly love it for Jupiter, my favourite target. Coupled with an ASI 224MC. Initially, a 1034MC which is a great little camera for just over £100. It's discontinued now but i managed to grab a 2nd model with a guide port. I was recently gifted a Sharpstar 130 F2.8 which is a beauty. Not had a good chance to do DSOs with it yet, but going how the full Moon looked a few weeks back. Gonna buy some Baader film for it. Not stricly a scope but i love to do all sky imaging too. Meteor showers mainly, and i haven't totally given up hope on some aurora one day. I have 2 setups, an Ultrastar-C and the 224. Both using the ZWO lenses.

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

I am SO jealous of your F2.8 sharp star, they seem to be quite amazing!

[@luisrivera-lopez3648]

I love your videos, thank you for helping me!

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

Thank you and my pleasure!

[@astrodysseus]

26:36 my favorite lens of all times is my Nikon 300mm f2.8 AF-S II. Two reasons why I fell in love: 1) the quality; I mean, look at the MTF.. 2) it accepts 52mm drop in filters.. And yes, IDAS mounted filters do fit ! However, like you.. I always had to stop it down a little, f3.2 to improve some aberrations; it also depends of your sensor pixel size. On my D850 I always thought the lens was perfect (45MP); on my A7RIV (62MP) well.. I am starting to see things. An interesting thing about teleconverters: they litteraly crop a part of your image circle, so actually using a 1.4x or 1.7x (thanks nikon) ironically can improve the image corner to corner. I would be very curious to see how the canon compares to the nikon version; but indeed I will probably never sell that lens.. unless I have the money one day to buy a 100-300mm f2.8.. I've heard the quality is as good, and then you can frame so many different targets !

[@rickbattle5706]

It adds perspective that only experience can offer. Great video and info.

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

Thank you Rick!

[@bazpearce9993]

The filter wheel on that Canon lens has a Starlight Xpress logo on it. I recognise it from my Ultrastar-C camera.

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

Thanks Baz!!

[@Neanderthal75]

My favorite and most used scope is one of the cheapest Newtonian astrographs out there, that nobody (seemed to) use. 150mm F4- F3 with Starizona CC corrector. The 2 together cost about $1000 (the Starizona Nexus is nearly $500) not counting for the focuser upgrade and the EAF. Once you get bitten by the focal speed bug, it's very hard to go back to the typical and slow refractors.

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

It's quite impressive how good newts are for astro while being in some instances extremely cheap!

[@101blender]

The original filter wheel on the 1600/lens config looks like a Starlight Xpress unit. I can't read the model, but that's their logo.

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

Thank you!!

[@desbarry8414]

Glad to see you got your mojo back Cuiv, I love your no nonsense down to earth stuff. Just ordered a C925 for dso with the 0.63 reducer, got 115 apo for serious dso but wanted to try some EAA with Sharpcap with the C925 and see how it goes.

[@luboinchina3013]

Ditch 0.63 for Starizona reducer. 0.63 doesn't correct for coma, only for field curvature...

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

I was going to suggest the same as Lubo :-)

[@desbarry8414]

@@CuivTheLazyGeek Yeah but I dont have a spare £500 lol I will probably get it eventually though but hey man the price of new SCT's is ridiculous, who says Chinese labour is cheap!!

[@luboinchina3013]

I have to disagree with you about 8HD as it is the only telescope in your setup to get decent planets. Many people say - oh, if you are beginner, get the short focal length while forgetting that beginners first bucket list targets are Mars, Jupiter and Saturn😊. YOU DIDN'T MENTION IT AT ALL.😊 Just need to be stressed for beginners that you really need a sturdy mount to eliminate the shake.

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

Good point, I should have been clearer I was talking about DSE astrophotography :-) although for planets I'd go with a standard model rather than EdgeHD!

[@K1assh]

Seems like your setup has changed alot over the last year

[@astrodysseus]

27:22 I also have the 300mm f4 (nikon) and as the 300mm f2.8, it is also a great lens. However don't regret too much not going for the f4 version.. as essentially you also have to stop it down a little to get good images.. so yes the 2.8 is bigger.. but you get 1 full stop of light for the same performance (eg for the 300mm f2.8 at f4, you would need to close the 300mm f4 at f5.6)

[@marcusa3177]

20:25 Cuiv: simpsons-chuckles-i'm-in-danger.gif I'm about to try my first real telescope (the Svbony SV550) after years of lenses, AND jumping into full mono. This will be yet another learning curve, arguably a steep one given I'm changing two things instead of one. But we're more lazy than easily frustrated, right? And yes, totally go for the Roki 135 if you have a spare camera lying around. With a harmonic mount it would be trivial to piggy-back it off the C6 for maximum laziness. Or something really wide-field, given it's Milky Way season now. We all started astrophotography from either seeing Saturn's rings or the Milky Way stretching across a B3 sky with just our eyes; I find seeing those again rejuvenating in terms of my interest and drive in this crazy hobby of ours.

[@rawhead909]

I’m wondering how you would feel about the EdgeHD800 now.... if you had a HyperStar for it :)

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

I'd probably love it!

[@triops81]

Nice to see, that someone else is using the Kowa 500mm, too. Do you had issues with thermal stability, too?

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

If I did I didn't notice them! I did have autofocus with HFR change type of triggers in NINA though, which would have likely hidden the problem

[@Fast_Astrophotography]

Cuiv, in defense of the EdgeHD8, you would probably swap it in a minute for the C6 and use it with HyperStar, no? Like you mention, it's where you were at the time.

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

Yep, although EdgeHD+Hyperstar is considerably more expensive!

[@dgdave2673]

@@CuivTheLazyGeek - agree in today’s prices that would more than double as the Edge HD 8 plus hyperstar combo is $2600 before taxes, but with C6 it comes down to about $1200 or 1300 .

[@matheusferrocosta4743]

Cuiv, make another video on a Diy smart telescope for edge hd series. Or build and sell a module. Not everyone has the patience and spare time to integrate everything manually

[@deep_space_dave]

Dude you talk about the Kowa like I used to talk about this girl I liked in College but I didn't ask her out and now I regret it (still after all this time LOL). Nice walk down memory lane and I really enjoyed it! The C6 HyperStar for me was easy to collimate and I'm not saying that now because I have a RASA 8 (almost sold the RASA 8 after a month until I fixed the tilt!) IM me and maybe I can walk you through how I did mine. You know you could always stick the camera in back of the C6 and you will have a long FL scope again LOL. I miss my C6 but the air glow by Chicago is awful and the RASA 8 cuts right through it! I actually started with a C90 Mak imaging the moon with my phone, then a C5 with a DSLR, C6 with a ASI2600MC Pro and HyperStar and Baader FFC, and now finally a RASA 8. CS!

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

Thanks as always Dave!!

[@calex64]

I am considering the edge hd 8. Did you manage to put the reducer + focuser + oag + filter wheel + camera into the 105mm backfocus ? Is that doable or should I go for the 9,25 which has a bigger backfocus ? Which focuser did you use ?

[@richards3192]

Been thinking of the R200SS with a PH extender, it's expensive but looks like it would be a good match for a longer focal length Galaxy and brighter DSO scope. Very positive endorsement there Cuiv, thanks for the review. Did you find the spikes much of an issue? I actually quite like them on some of the astrobin examples.

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

I like the spikes :-) and counterintuitively the thick spider vanes seem to make the spikes thinner. Just keep the same rotation across multiple sessions on a target!

[@ChrisMiller-yg8cl]

Great video! I enjoyed the thought you have over numerous scopes from a light polluted city since many people deal with living in similar skies. In your opinion what is the longest focal length you would recommend in an bortle 8-9 city?

[@avt_astro206]

Nice video! Im probably not a Real Astrophotographer. I use a Newtonian telescope and An alt-az Goto Mount, I still don't have an Eq mount. But I've still dabbled some deep sky imaging, on bright target's. Im primarily a Planetary guy! Nice video!

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

Have fun and enjoy!

[@elliotsevern7414]

You would have loved your EdgeHD8 had you gotten hyperstar for it instead of the C6.

[@pierspalmer9245]

I've got a 15yr old R200SS which one of its previous owners installed Bob's Knobs on. I think that was a mistake because it certainly needs collimating. Therefore, I go between hating it (when I discover collimation was off) and really loving it, when things go right. I'm constantly tempted to get a brand new one. In terms of the light leaks, I've discovered a shower cap works well on the back, and stays on because of the elastic, and a large Scotch Tape cardboard roll is just right size to sort the leak on the focuser.

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

Yeah Bob's knob are convenient, but usually aren't tightened enough to actually hold collimation... I view them as counterproductive

[@RobertKarlBerta]

​@@CuivTheLazyGeek Can't agree with your on Bob's Knobs. I have two 11" SCTS, 1-14" SCT HD, and one 8" SCT HD with them in my observatory. They are so much easier to use than the stock screws. I colimate my scopes quite often and since I do it with the camera attached it is very easy and fast to do....and the results of a REALLY well collimated SCT are quite dramatic. I also use Hyperstar and the newer versions with the collimationg screws on the Hyperstar and internal filter drawer are wonderful. I have used Hyperstar and Fastar before that....I was one of the earliest users of the Fastar (remember those ST237 cameras?) and did some beta testing of it for Celestron and later Starizona.....they are capable of excellent results and the speed of capture is a benefit. That being said I mainly use APO refractors between 80mm and 152mm focal lengths. There is someting about the images a really good APO yields.

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

@@RobertKarlBerta oh I don't deny that Bob's Knobs make collimation easier and less painful. I remember really liking them on my EdgeHD800... At first. But the problem was that with Bob's Knobs I had to recollimate quite often - whereas once I went back to the horrible Philips screws (how I wish they were hex screws), the collimation was a pain (not that horrible though)... But it lasted for months on end. I saw the exact same thing with a Meade SCT I had rescued that came with Bob's Knobs (I ended up replacing them with normal hex screws). So it's the choice between a simpler process I need to redo very often (and which I find a pain regardless, especially with the poor seeing caused by the permanent jet stream overhead), or a more painful process that I can leave alone for months and months - I much prefer the latter. When I got a C9.25 for (mostly) visual, I didn't get Bob's Knobs for that reason. Seems a lot of people on CN have seen the same (and some also see Bob's Knobs hold collimation well, so there are counter examples). If Bob's Knobs had an Allen screw indentation at the center (mine didn't), I feel they'd be perfect! Maybe they've added that feature since I used them? In the meantime, I'd rather recommend wingnut versions of the knobs, or simply replacing the Celestron Philips collimation screws with Allen screws (which to some extent can actually be used just like Bob's Knobs if you choose a right head size!)

[@wilsonyam4457]

I saw you ranked Vixen's R200ss quite high. But in recent posts, I saw you mainly used Skywatcher's Newtonian. Do you think the Skywatcher's one is better than Vixen's one?

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

Heck no! I have a whole series of videos showing how much work, blood, sweat and tears were needed to turn it into a good scope. The R200SS is far better especially out of the box, but I wanted something that my viewers could also purchase and enjoy

[@MrGp3po]

Did that AL107 have a wooden handle?

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

Yep, but that's because the previous owner had made one!

[@jeeenyus4385]

Bit late to this video, but wanted to add a quick comment. You forgot the Skywatcher 50ed (I know it wasnt a main scope for you, however, so understandable).

[@astrofalls]

Samyang is S tier

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

Oh hi Bray! Yep, I agree with the gear that now can be fit to it (and that didn't exist when I had it - or I wasn't aware of it), I would probably place it S tier. But it's a subjective tier list based on my ability and equipment at the time!

[@astrodysseus]

As always, I like your videos. One thing however that is missing (I may have missed) in the type of sensor you were using. Both the pixel size and the format (APS-C, full frame, etc) impacts so much. I have tried recently the canon 200mm f2.8 as everyone was saying so many great things about it. For me, it was a ok lens; aberations were enormous mid frame to corner (on full frame). If used on APS-C or smaller sensor, then I could understand why one would like this lens. Similar question for the kowa. Didn't know that lens, so now I am intrigues.. but was it good on a FF ? and... what was your sensor pixel size at the time ? Eg when someone says a lens is great but is using it on a FF 12MP camera.. it doesn't mean a lot right

[@anata5127]

I am surprised you didn’t end up with 130 or 160mm Epsilon. I think it could fit your condition and style perfectly.

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

Yeah I know, but the Takahashi ecosystem kind of daunts me...

[@anata5127]

@@CuivTheLazyGeek Are they expensive in Japan as well?

[@grahamwhite75a]

Starlight Xpress filter wheel on canon lense.

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

Thank you!!

[@kennetknudsen7042]

Atm im debating getting a rasa 8 or saving up 80% more to hyperstar a 9,25 edge or edge 8 got a couple weeks of agony before ordering with my tax return wierd how shopping gear can halt ones mind for a while lol.

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

Now that is a tough decision!! RASA8? :)

[@kennetknudsen7042]

@@CuivTheLazyGeek i am leaning towards that one since i live in denmark where a haze is often a companion, and for some galaxies + moon i was considering a Ts optics UNCH carbon 8" F4 newt i can reduce a hair or barlow. for a bonus i can use my filter wheel and my larger sensor cameras nikon (modded)

[@Dmitriy365]

EDT = triplet. No?

[@andrewweller5119]

i currently have 3 scopes. As Follows WO GT81 IV EXPLORE SCIENTIFIC 152MM F/7.9 ED APO 152MM F/7.9 CARBON FIBRE ( this is the one i use the least) Celestron C11 XLT SCT i love the WO and i have had much success with the C11 but am thinking of selling it and the 152mm refractor and getting a Celestron 11" Edge HD My question is do you think the EdgeHD will be a serious upgrade over the C11 XLT?

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

That covers such a nice range of FOVs and targets. What do you image with the C11? The EdgeHD version would have a much flatter field for larger sensors. I'd say it depends on your camera and its size and what targets you aim for. If you want better corner stars I should work well, although with a Starizona flattener/reducer on the current C11 you may be able to achieve a very similar result for much cheaper!

[@andrewweller5119]

@@CuivTheLazyGeek I use the the C11 reduced to f6.3 for deepsky nebula and galaxy imaging. The camera is an ASI294mc pro as this is the only camera I could see that got close to good sampling.

[@woody5109]

The challenges with camera lenses, is the outrageous cost. You can purchase an amazing telescope for half the money, just saying.

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

Oooh right something I should have mentioned in the video! I bought all those camera lenses used (except the Samyang, which is more affordable), and was always able to get a really good price. It was the need for speed driving me!

[@filipgloria]

Really nice reviews (even though I don’t necessarily agree with the low grades for the edge HD, but it’s not my KZbin channel!). Just a quick question: How did you manage to convince your partner into you buying all this gear? There should be a video somewhere on that too! I’m trying and trying to convince my partner, but I seem stuck! Haha

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

Well my now-wife doesn't really care as I buy second hand, and usually end up not losing too much money when I sell second hand :)

[@dgdave2673]

He clearly said, it’s a fantastic OTA, but doesn’t meet his use case and seeing situations

[@Youtuber-ku4nk]

When you said “two lenses” you meant “2 glass elements” :)

Cuiv, please, could you help me with a specific question about the samyang/rokinon 135 f2? I use this lens with a zwo asi1600mm pro and I noted star distortion in my images. Do you have a tip to avoid this? There is a apecific backfocus to use this lens withou star distortions? Thanks a lot!

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

At F2 it is extremely sensitive to tilt. If you have the Canon version you need 44mm between lens flange and camera sensor as well. And you want a very solid bayonet adapter to avoid the tilt. It's tricky!

[@massimo541]

Great video. Why hypertstar and not a Rasa?

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

No C6 RASA, and overall cheaper (especially in Japan with Vixen gouging the prices since they've become the Celestron dealer here)

[@alexanderreinders4009]

Canon is 55mm If you are in Japan why don't you use a Takahashi??

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

No it seems to indeed be 44mm flange distance (EF mount), if it had been 55mm I wouldn't have had all these issues reaching focus at infinity! As I understand it, Takahashi accessories and adapters are necessary and expensive, and that has always turned me off

[@alexanderreinders4009]

@@CuivTheLazyGeek Oh my God! You are a poor geek 🙄

[@leboch65]

Hey, u forgot about rating yr dwarf 2.

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

Oh I should have mentioned I wasn't rating all in one systems - just separate OTA

[@astrodiver8096]

Astro slums for almost two year reason in my case is a tension deficit disorder 😅

[@donlindgren109]

Too bad you don’t have the 9.25 edge anymore, adding a Hyperstar v4 you’d have 540mm and f2, no need for the new newt at ~500mm and f4.5. Oh well, 20-20 hind sight.

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

Yes indeed - although the newt is F3.5, the advantage is I can use normal narrowband filters! :D

[@MrLink-dk7yn]

It would have been interesting if dates were added

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

I don't remember the dates myself!

[@MrLink-dk7yn]

😂

[@kskorobogatov]

Really enjoyed this, thank you! In the Hyperstar section you explicitly mentioned that superfast focal ratio is really great for Tokyo. A quick search for materials on using different F-ratios in light polluted areas for astrophoto specifically revealed a spectrum of discussions, including those that seem to claim lower ratios are somehow better. Do you think you could maybe elaborate a bit on this and share your educated opinion? I can see how if we fix the EFL, then faster optics will have a bigger aperture that collects more light, letting one expose for less time to get the same amount of signal. The obvious advantage here is that you wouldn't need to track as accurately, which has nothing to do with light pollution. Will that signal have a higher SNR though?

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

Oh man that's a topic for a loooong video, which I've covered in the past, and is fraught with debate and controversy. The end result is: for a given FOV (which fixes the FL assuming same sensor) you will gather SNR faster with a larger aperture (which means a faster FR in this instance).

[@fabienr4517]

"It makes me want to buy it again" 🤣🤣. I guess that we will soon have an episode called "Samyang 135 - a cool astro Lens" 😉😁

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

Nooooo, don't tempt me!

[@PowerScissor]

@17:55 had to listen about 5 times to realize what "F" word Cuiv was saying...lol.😂

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

Eeek I hope KZbin didn't misunderstand the word! :)

[@mediocrefunkybeat]

I have a re-branded version of the 70ED from Altair, purchased second-hand very inexpensively. I haven't tried it for photography yet but I'm actually really impressed with it for widefield visual work and it feels like a high-quality scope. You get better results from it that I would, that's for sure!

[@Luftbubblan]

Thx for sharing! Fun to see the upgrade pattern, what we need / think we need change over time as we learn :D

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

Glad you enjoyed :)

[@Rotceh-r4g]

Great video. Anyone considering buying telescope equipment should see this, it's such a wealth of practical info and life learned lessons presented clearly and interestingly. Cuiv, I particularly enjoyed your high opinion of photographic lenses. Nice job.

[@galactus012345]

Interesting to see your astro journey. I am doing the same long focal mistake. As a conclusion and based on your experience, which scope would you buy in Tokyo ?

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

I'm actually seriously considering getting an R200SS + PH Corrector again. Or maybe the cheap variety with the Skywatcher Quattro.

[@ronlouie830]

Fun and inspiring! Just want to do some budget EAA, not as fussy with images as astrophotographers, (especially as an old guy) and this is full of great ideas, thanks! Will try to find some used gear....

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

Have fun!

[@wooddogg8]

Great video, Cuiv!

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

Thank you!