I've been looking for an upgrade to my cheapo 10x50 bino's, and, even with possible collimation issues, are the Celestron 15x70's worth a buy at $40.....new?
I've been looking for an upgrade to my cheapo 10x50 bino's, and, even with possible collimation issues, are the Celestron 15x70's worth a buy at $40.....new?
David
Celestron 8" Starhopper Dob, Celestron 127mm reflector, Meade 114NT, Edmund Astroscan, ES AR102, Sky Watcher 102mm Mak, ETX 80, ETX 60, Sears Discoverer 4 6333a, Tasco 60mm, Meade LXD75, ES Twilight 1
Hmmm, I might hold off, even at that price point. The seller on Amazon, only has a 9% positive rating over the last 12 months. I almost overlooked that when I saw the price. With that, I don't really think it's worth the headache.
David
Celestron 8" Starhopper Dob, Celestron 127mm reflector, Meade 114NT, Edmund Astroscan, ES AR102, Sky Watcher 102mm Mak, ETX 80, ETX 60, Sears Discoverer 4 6333a, Tasco 60mm, Meade LXD75, ES Twilight 1
I would stay away from those as that is considerably less than what they normally sell for.
I have a set and they are fairly good, not Nikon or Oberwerks but they get the job done.
Refractors: Antares 105 f/15, Bresser 102XL f/13.2, Celestron 102 f/6.5, 2-150 f/8, Stellarvue NHNG 80 f/6.9, TAL 100RS f/10, TS 102 f/11, Vixen SD115s f/7.7
Mounts: Manfrotto 028B/ 055PRO, Celestron SLT, Celestron CG-5/ Argo Navis, Stellarvue M2C, Vixen SXP Binoculars: Celestron Eyepieces: A-Z
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The weakest link in the optical chain is the large nut located directly behind the
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/ camera. - Gabrielle
Ya gotta keep this Apo/
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thing in some balance of perspective. Apos are awesome, but long focus Achros aren't that far behind them - Siriusandthepup (CN)
Refractors kick arse precisely because they don't hide behind excuses. That is, they have no obstructions to hide behind.
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I had them and they we a pain, always out of focus. Beware these Binoculars come under different names / companies. Mine we from Orion, gave to my brothers children to play with.
I agree: from what I have heard you really need to buy these from a reputable dealer so you can easily exchange them if the collimation is no good.
I had a look on Amazon Aust. just for interest: you could always get them from this mob! (NOT!) https://www.amazon.com.au/Celestron-...elestron+15x70 - and only $619 ($US430)!!!And for that price you get free delivery too!
- Dean
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: 12" home-made dob, Celestron 150 f5, Tak TSA102, TV 76, Celestron 800CPC, ETX 125
Mounts:
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MiniTower, HEQ5Pro
Binos: 25x100FB, Carton 11x80, Vanguard Endeavour 1045, Takahashi 22x60, Swarovski Habicht 8x30
Eyepieces: My favourites are my Televue 32mm plossl, Nagler 13mm T6, Nagler 3-6mm
I've looked through several of these Celestron 15x70s (because I've been asked to collimate several pair!) and have always found the optics to be OK. If you're prepared to collimate them (which is EASY to do), they usually (at least from my experience) perform fairly well. You can get a brand new pair on ebay shipped to you for less than $55. That being said, all of my astronomy binoculars are from Oberwerk (except the Kasai constellation binoculars).
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ACF 8"SCT,
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, Celestron C6A SCT,
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120, ES 102CF Apo triplet, ES AR102, ST100, ST90, Apex 90mm Mak, ST80, ETX60, Oberwerk 25x100s, 15x70s, 8x56s, Kasai 2.3x40s, Celestron AVX, CG4, SLT, LCM, Obie HD Parallel Bino mount, Canon T5, Meade DSI2 Pro, Phillips cam, Explore Scientific 30mm, 24mm, 18mm, 14mm, 11mm, 8.8mm, 6.7mm 82 degree EPs, ES 24mm, 20mm, 16mm 68 degree EPs, Baader 9mm Ortho, Meade 5000 SWA EP set, many more various EPs, Baader
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&SkyGlow, FringeKiller, SemiApo filters, Celestron UHC, Meade 4000 Nebular Filter, Kson OIII, DGM NPB and lots of astro stuff.
The market is flooded with those, so getting one for ~$50 or a bit less is possible. I would only do it though if you are prepared to collimate them yourself, or the seller allows easy returns.
I just checked and Amazon Warehouse has one for $47.41. This is a safe deal, since if you have Prime the returns are free.
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: Celestron: 8" SCT F10, Omni 150R
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F5, Onyx 80ED F6.3; ES: 127mm CF F7.5 APO. Mounts: ES Twilight I, Bresser EXOS2, SW SkyTee2, UA MicroStar. Binos:
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15x70, 10x50, Celestron 8x42. EPs: TeleVue: Delites, Plossls & barlows; ES: 82os & 68os; Vixen: SLVs; Baader: BCOs & Aspherics; Meade: UWAs & Plossls; Celestron: X-Cel LXs; BST: Flat Field. Filters: Astronomik: UHC; Lumicon: OIII, H-beta, DeepSky; Baader: UHC-S, M&SG, CB; Orion: UltraBlock, SG. DSO tally: 1119 (H400-1: 400, H400-2: 244, H300-3: 84;
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: 110, S110: 73). Doubles: 720, Comets: 10, Asteroids: 49
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I have a pair that cost $68 I think. Mine arrived collimated (from amazon) and I have not dropped them so they are still collimated. The perform pretty well but as Oz says they are not as good as the Oberwerks. When I upgrade to 25x100's, and eventually I will then i will get a pair of Oberwerks.
Michael
Obsession 18" f/4.2, Zhumell Z10 f/4.9, ES AR 152 refractor f/6.5, Celestron Skymaster 15x70's , Bushnell 10x50's
9x50mm RACI finder, Telrad, Rigel Quickfinder, 30mm Erfle, 9mm Plossl, and full line of ES eyepieces
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is Limited. Imagination Circles the World... A. Einstein
Mind were $about $60 from Amazon. Came out of collimation. Collimating these is a 1 minute job, and you do not have to remove the grips or damage them in any way as many suggest. The screws are accessible right near the edge of the rubber grips. A small jewelers screwdriver for the screws and a finger nail to lift the very edge of the rubber grips (not glued at the edge) on topside is all that is needed. I am quite happy with these binocs.
Agree with RAR. First pair broken on arrival (from Amazon), second pair badly out of collimation out of the box. I almost gave them to GoodWill, but figured I had nothing to lose by trying to collimate them. I don't think I perfectly collimated them and I did cut away a portion of one grip, but they give pretty good handheld views now, better on my monopod with a ballhead.
Don't remember the price at the time, but I used a gift card so I wasn't out much. (And the case makes a great lunch bag.)
If I do buy another pair of binos, I'm pretty sure I'll go with Oberwerks.
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ST120 refractor, vintage Celestron C-8
Mounts: ES Twilight 1, Celestron EQ fork with pod and wedge