It's a very nice one and it's going to complete my collection.
I was fancy about zoom eyepices. Back in the good old days, I got a Tele Vue 8-24mm zoom which was considered as the only good quality eyepiece.
Things have changed.
Tele Vue got those nice planetary zooms later and they changed the world.
I got a clone later, from SVBony and I was impressed.
Modern day zooms are higher quality and better yet, the apparent field of view is good too!
A 32mm 2 incher will be the finder eyepiece for any telescope.
My trusty 20mm widescan 1.25" will be the finder for 1.25" only telescope.
And then that 3-8mm will be good for smaller refractors, offering high power.
So, the 8-16mm will be good for SCT.
For my 85mm refractor, the widest field of view will be with the 32mm. Offering 16x with a wobbling field of view of more than 5 degrees! It beats many binoculars hands down.
Highest power could be attained with the 3-8mm, 170x is very respectable, given its 0.5mm exit pupil.
For my 8" SCT, the 32mm will yield 57x with 1.4 degrees field of view.
Highest power could be attached with the 8-16mm, i.e. 250x giving 0.8mm exit pupil, more than most atmospheric conditions will allow.
Case closed for visual observation.
From 32mm down to 20mm, from 16mm down to 8mm and then seamlessly from 8mm down to 3mm.
Guess what, I still have a 5x Powermate and a 2x barlows.
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