Takahashi LE-ED 5mm

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Takahashi LE-ED 5mm
This is one of my best high-power eyepieces. Along with my TeleVue
Panoptics, Naglers and Plossls. I'm very fond of Takahashi.

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Takahashi LE-ED 5mm
The best 5mm eyepiece i have ever used. The definition is incredible, color rendering is wonderful. The only little probleme is that there is a little bit more chromatism in this eyepiece than a whiter eyepiece as clavé's eyepieces.

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Takahashi LE-ED 5mm
Have had this eyepiece for some time now and feel I can write an accurate assessment at this point.

This is a wonderful eyepiece, flat field, excellent light through put, excellent contrast. I did notice slight ghosting when viewing Jupiter and the field surrounding Jupiter was not as black as in my 5mm U.O Ortho. The Ortho was also a tad sharper (very slight). Eye relief was also very comfortable (which is why I got the eyepiece - comfortable high power deep sky viewing).

Overall the TaK is really an excellent eyepiece and the build quality is superb. I've owned the 12mm as well and it was just as good. If you don't desire widefield designs, a set of Tak LE's would be a hard set of eyepieces to compete with for overall performance quality.

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Takahashi LE-ED 5mm
Slight ghosting on Jupiter (but still far less than a Radian). Sharp, edge to edge. Great contrast and accurate color in both my Newtonian and my Refractor. Solidly made and very comfortable to use

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Takahashi LE-ED 5mm
A wonderful eyepiece in my FS128. I bought it with the intent of improving upon my 5mm radian - and I haven't been disappointed. Despite the smaller FOV it's much easier (for me) to acquire and hold bright objects. It's sharp right across the field and I haven't noticed any ghosting yet when used on the moon (my main interest). I often used to avoid slipping the 5mm radian in, since I usually felt I ought to be rebalancing the 'scope. No such problems with the LE. Very good value, very pleased with it.

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Takahashi LE-ED 5mm
A best buy! My most used eyepiece for the latest Mars opposition. Works well with the TV 1.8x barlow on those really exceptional nights. One very experienced observer recently retired from Abrams Planetarium commented that the combination of this eyepiece with my 102mm Apo-refractor was the best view of Mars he had ever seen! Color rendition, sharpness, contrast, and ease of use are first rate.

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Takahashi LE-ED 5mm
A terrific high power eyepiece. It is well suited for planetary and lunar viewing. I have used it often on my 4" apo and the images are clean and crisp. The color is well corrected and the images are sharp right to the edge. Best of all, it is a comfortable eyepiece to use because it has reasonable eye relief. Altogether, a well-made and very user-friendly EP. I recommend it.

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Takahashi LE-ED 5mm
Its a bargain.

Simply the best 5 mm eyepiece ever. Period.

And you can buy two LE´s for the price of a Radian. Radians are great, but even if price was not a point, I would still prefer LE´s.

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Takahashi LE-ED 5mm
This is the best Eyepiece. The contrast and the quality image is out of this world. I sell my UWA 6.7mm Meade and I didnt want the Nagler 7mm T6, the TAK is better.

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