Thanks for creating the Accessories topic and moving the thread, Darryl.
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Originally Posted by Darryl What is your initial impression of the build? |
Workmanship and overall looks appear to be flawless. The seams where the steel plate meets the body are smooth.
Took the dust caps off and looked inside, everything was threaded and coated with anti-reflective material. The mirror looked flawless (I'm no mirror expert, but it looked pretty good).
The brass compression ring locked the eyepieces in nice and tight.
Something I didn't consider when I bought it: Some of my eyepieces have a groove in the barrel for the lock screw to go into. The compression ring happens to be centered right over the edge of the groove. Would it affect anything if I clamped down the eyepiece with it slicking out slightly so that the compression ring has a flat surface to tighten down on? I'm assuming it would affect the focus slightly, but that's no big deal. Is there anything else that might be an issue?
If I had to, it looks like it would be possible to take the compression ring out - then it would work like a regular thumbscrew (or just rotate the ring so that the screw goes through the gap in it).
I'll give a better review of it once I get to use it (which looks like it will be at least a few days from now). I want to compare it to my old one and see what kind of differance it makes.