Antares 5.7mm (W70)

[mjane_05]

Anyone owns this eyepiece ?

Just want to know what to expect from it, i've seen it at 75$ (Canadian) at my local store but hesitated...

Should i buy it ?

[admin]

I have one, and like it.

Nice sharp, contrasty images, good eye relief, and a very big eye-lens for an eyepiece of such short focal length (no squinting into a tiny hole that you get with most short fl eyepieces)

In a short focal ratio scope there's a little bit of barrel distortion (outward bulging) at the edges, caused by the very wide apparant field of view. But I only see that in my f5 reflector (not in any of my other - slower - scopes), and it goes away when barlowed.

Very good eyepiece for the money - I'm looking at getting the 14mm from the same range as my next eyepiece purchase.