New Meade 5x Barlow vs TV 5x Powermate

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New Meade 5x Barlow vs TV 5x Powermate

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http://www.grandeye.com.hk/barlow_comparison.htm

I'll be in HK next week, will try to visit Anthony (GrandEye) on Wednesday to check out the lightbridge :-)
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Hi,
Seem like a copy of powermate to me... Hmm... Seem like Meade had master the art of "copying"... :P :P

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so, without looking at the brand, which one you think have better images?
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the meade seems to be better which is amazing since I've always thought no one could be better than a televue! cool...
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Hi,
so, without looking at the brand, which one you think have better images?
Very hard to say which is better than another... hmm... IMHO, the images seem very inconsistence.

By the way, IMHO, process image are the worst way of comparsing the quality of two optics.

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weixing wrote:Hi,
Seem like a copy of powermate to me... Hmm... Seem like Meade had master the art of "copying"... :P :P

Have a nice day.
You must understand where Meade get their goods from..... :lol:
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Heh Arief also check out how much to ship the lightbridge from HK to Sg and if Meade is fixing the problem of the mirror cover coming loose and scratching the primary. :)
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Post by wucheeyiun »

weixing is right, you cannot compare optical sharpness by stacking.

Somehow, TV products are timeless, bought and meant to be kept, and meade is always traded very regularly. TV products are more genuine and really feels good, and each copy is always a good and sharp copy.
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Post by Tachyon »

Also bear in mind that the magnifications are different for both. Meade's is less magnification and so may seem brighter and sharper. Point is moot as the pictures are stacked, as commented above by Weixing and Cheeyiun, it all depends on how much you want to sharpen the pics!

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