Guess the Ethos Price!

rlow · Post by **rlow** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 9:41 am

why last entry? they going to annouce the price next week?[/quote]

Yes, why last entry? I thought the closing date was 2359hrs on Sat but it was closed prematurely at 2pm on Sat... I was about to post my guess then...

haha!

Canopus Lim · Post by **Canopus Lim** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 11:24 am

ACC,

Sell off a few eyepieces (since that AFOV is so large, a few eyepieces can throw away) and you can buy that! Haa..13mm would be a good galaxy eyepiece with your Portaball giving better contrast on the galaxy than longer focal length (let say 20mm) eyepieces and yet it can frame open clusters very well and with extra space. The TFOV of that eyepiece is probably about the same as the 16mm T5! It will give a whopping 0.8 degree field at about 122x (medium magnification). If one uses a plossl to achieve the 0.8 degree, it would require a 25mm eyepiece and that gives only 63.5x magnification. I would really want to look through that so please buy it when it is out.

It would be like falling in space I guess.

Post by **VinSnr** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 12:06 pm

Canopus Lim wrote:ACC,

Sell off a few eyepieces (since that AFOV is so large, a few eyepieces can throw away) and you can buy that! Haa..13mm would be a good galaxy eyepiece with your Portaball giving better contrast on the galaxy than longer focal length (let say 20mm) eyepieces and yet it can frame open clusters very well and with extra space. The TFOV of that eyepiece is probably about the same as the 16mm T5! It will give a whopping 0.8 degree field at about 122x (medium magnification). If one uses a plossl to achieve the 0.8 degree, it would require a 25mm eyepiece and that gives only 63.5x magnification. I would really want to look through that so please buy it when it is out. It would be like falling in space I guess.

nah...still can't beat video. Got colour and can watch it on a big screen with two eyes with far more details.

kekekeke.......

Post by **acc** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 12:21 pm

Heh rlow, vinsnr I must have had a brain-fart when I closed the competition pre-maturely... :oops: Considering this, and that nobody has any clue on what the Ethos price will be, I shall reopen the competition for new entries. New closing date will be this Sat 2359! Please add your guess to the list that Clifford prepared. I will use Anarcotes' online store as the guide for the price of this ep.

Canopus, the Ethos will work very well on your scope too wor. U get leh... I am sure you will be glad!

Post by **VinSnr** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 3:10 pm

Canopus, the Ethos will work very well on your scope too wor. U get leh... I am sure you will be glad!

each one buy one la. who dun like sell me cheap cheap.....

cataclysm · Post by **cataclysm** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 11:25 pm

Hi all, there is a review about Ethos on Cloudynights. Check it out, looks promising!
http://www.cloudynights.com/item.php?item_id=1665

Post by **Airconvent** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 12:35 am

VinSnr wrote: each one buy one la. who dun like sell me cheap cheap.....

I thought it was the other way round??

Post by **VinSnr** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 1:11 am

Airconvent wrote:
VinSnr wrote: each one buy one la. who dun like sell me cheap cheap.....
I thought it was the other way round??

Now is other people's turn la. Most people in Singastro are pretty rich thesedays, no need me to sell cheap cheap anymore la.

Canopus Lim · Post by **Canopus Lim** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 8:54 am

I thought Vinsnr prefer to watch a TV screen than through an eyepiece...Anyway, what happened to the Great Vinsnr Sale?

Tachyon · Post by **Tachyon** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:05 pm

I will buy cheap and sell more expensive!