Harry Siebert Optics Standard 10mm

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Harry Siebert Optics Standard 10mm
I purchased the 11mm Ultra for myself and this 10mm for a friend. She doesn't have the internet. So since we have used it together a few times I thought I would rate it for her. She really likes. The only thing she would have liked was higher eye relief. But for the price you can't have it all. The 3 elements makes it very bright to work with. It has a big eye lens to, so its easy to stay over. If your on a budget you would have a hard time doing better.


Sarah

Overall Rating: 10
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Harry Siebert Optics Standard 10mm
Beware of this eyepiece! Its cheaply made from surplus junk - one of the lenses fell out the bottom and ruined my mirror while I was busy observing. Needless to say, I am not happy! I would give -10 if I could.

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Harry Siebert Optics Standard 10mm
I bought one of these along with another Siebert Eyepiece to use in my Meade LXD-75 6" SN.

Harry was courteous on the phone, and helped me select the eyepieces for my scope. I placed the order, and had my eyepieces shipped promptly.

When I unwrapped the eyepieces I noticed that they do have a bit of a "homebrew" look to them, as others have commented on. They do feel pretty sturdy, though. Two things bothered me about these eyepieces. 1, they don't appear to have much of coatings at all. I got lots of reflections off them and couldn't see much evidence of deep colored coatings like my other eyepieces have. 2, there appears to be either bubbles or dirt between the lenses - that is really a bummer for new eyepieces.

When I tried the eyepieces at night, I was disappointed to see that these weren't very good eyepieces in my telescope (which has a good mirror). Things looked very sharp in the middle, but only in the middle! About half the way out, the stars got really mushy and streaky. I put one of my trusty plossls back in, and everything looked fine. So I checked colimation, and it was good. The eyepiece just gave a ugly view. Kind of a bummer.

To Harry's credit, he did take back the eyepieces. I am bummed because I had hoped that I had finally found high-performance eyepieces for a cheap price. Unfortunately, these are not high-performance. I have used a friend's Televue Nagler, and it was a very nice eyepiece - no comparison between it and the Siebert. Unfortunately, I guess you get what you pay for.

Overall Rating: 2
Optics:2 Value:3
Weight: 6 (Veritable Vote)
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