Meade Super Wide Angle 18mm

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Meade Super Wide Angle 18mm
good central image, off axis lots of astigmatism, v bad near edge

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>good central image, off axis lots of astigmatism, v bad near edge

Are you sure you're not confusing this with the Meade 18mm WA.  Yes the WA has good on-axis performance but pretty lousy at the edge.
Meade Super Wide Angle 18mm
Very decent images. Some dust particles in between the lense elements (undecernable during viewing and when your eye "focuses beyond it"). Lovely true field of view.

Overall Rating: 8
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Meade Super Wide Angle 18mm
a little more seagull artifacts at edge than panoptic 22, but less expensive

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Meade Super Wide Angle 18mm
The apparent field of view is quite impressive and quite flat, especially compared to the older Erfle designs. The images are not quite as bright as an equivalent Plossl, but this may be expected with the additional numbers of lens elements. While there is some astigmatism near the edge, it is not very noticible. Compared to the larger panoptics with their correspondingly larger price, this eyepiece is a very good value for the money.

Overall Rating: 9
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Meade Super Wide Angle 18mm
The only reason I give this eyepiece an 8 is because I am not experienced enough with enough different eye pieces to make total judgement even though I think it is supurb.

Overall Rating: 8
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Meade Super Wide Angle 18mm
quality optics, I have just developed a preference for longer eye relief

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Meade Super Wide Angle 18mm
Sharp almost to edge in f12 Mak. Sharpness falls off worse in f4.5 Dob, but not as bad as a standard Erfle (compared to old Meade 20mm Research Grade Erfle). Adequate eye relief since I don't wear glasses. Much better eye relief than 16mm Konig. I didn't notice much if any brightness loss when compared to a similar focal length 4 element design such as a Konig or Plossl. Good eyepiece for the price.

Overall Rating: 8
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Meade Super Wide Angle 18mm
Great wide field eyepiece! Eye relief is comfortable and I can hold the entire field of view easily. Views are sharp and contrasty. The only reason this eyepiece get knocked down to a 9 is that the edge correction falls off a little at the edges. It still performs better than an erfle or a Konig, and has much better eye relief. Posibly the best eyepiece on the market for the money.

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Meade Super Wide Angle 18mm
A good eyepiece. Lacks the eye relief of its bigger brothers(or sisters). Field not as well corrected as the 24.5 mm. Even at F10 and F12.
Does'nt have the internal refections of my 24.5 mm. Does'nt cut the mustard compared to some more prestigious wide field eyepieces but for the price it is a reasonable buy.

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Meade Super Wide Angle 18mm
Great tack sharp wide field EP, very little glare on bright objects as compared to even higher priced EP's, there may be a little bit of distortion at the very enge of the fiels stop but who observes to that point anyway. Many people think these EP's are obsolete but I have done side by side comparo with a 19mm Panoptic and there was less glare on bright objects with the meade over the TV and its made in Japan. The ER is not bad and I think I'll be buying the 24.5SWA next. I highly recomend this ep and it works great with both TV powermates in a F6 5" Mac/newt plus the price is nice as well.

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Meade Super Wide Angle 18mm
Wonderful views but short on eye relief for eyeglass wearers. If you don't wear glasses I would recommend this eyepiece as a good value.

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Meade Super Wide Angle 18mm
One of my favorites. Gives the best combination of magnification, field, and contrast in my C8. Edge sharpness, like the 24.5mm, a lacking but I'll put money on it that my scope causes most of the astigmatism. Eye relief is not enough for glasses but still wuite good. Compared to the 19mm Panoptic, probably not as good, but VERY close. For almost 100 bucks cheaper though, a definite recommendation.

Overall Rating: 9
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Meade Super Wide Angle 18mm
Excellent EP. Modest price and very good optics with wide view are hard to beat.

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Meade Super Wide Angle 18mm
This eyepiece has quickly become one of my favorites. It gives bright, sharp images in 90% of the field of view. At the edges there's a noticeable image deterioration when used in my 8 inch f/4 Newtonian. In comparison with the often larger and more expensive wide field eyepieces, this Meade SWA 18mm is strongly recommended.

Overall Rating: 8
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Meade Super Wide Angle 18mm
Very nice eyepiece. Reasonably wide field. Eye relief could be a bit greater, but otherwise fine.

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Meade Super Wide Angle 18mm
A great eyepiece with my 8" SCT at f/10. Works very well with the Celestron BinoViewer and with a TeleVue 2.5x PowerMate.

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Meade Super Wide Angle 18mm
nice eyepiece. enjoy views of double cluster and m13. better then i expected and . clean out to the edge in 94mm brandon f7. great with 2x4 datkin barlow. recommeded.

Overall Rating: 9
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Meade Super Wide Angle 18mm
Used in a 8" F6 this eyepiece showed good contrast and good on axis sharpness. Eyerelief is very short. I found that my eyelashes hit the lens when viewing. Image does degrade in the outer 1/3rd to 1/4th of the view. For the money it's OK. Look at others before you buy

Overall Rating: 7
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Meade Super Wide Angle 18mm
Works very well in my ETX90; especially barlowed to 138X.

Overall Rating: 9
Optics:8 Value:9
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Meade Super Wide Angle 18mm
I'm using this eyepiece on a 4" f5.4 TeleVue Genesis SDF. The central section is pretty sharp and contrasty. A large portion of the egde suffers in my scope. As far as sharpness and contrast go on-axis I would rate performance as comparable to a good quality Plossl.

Overall Rating: 7
Optics:7 Value:7
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