Another nice vid Bogdan. I have come to appreciate the versatility of prism diagonals - the short light path allows the addition of accessories like filter wheels, and is essential for binoviewing. Prism every time for me now.
I've always been in the prism diagonal camp. My best diagonal is a Baader 1.25" T2/90 degree 32mm prism diagonal, so not the BBHS one, but it's still fantastic. Absolutely love using it. I always stuck with prisms as I have long focal length telescopes and I've heard that prisms are better for longer focal lengths and mirrors better for shorter focal lengths. I don't have 2" eyepieces, but it's nice to know that if I ever do make that move, that the Svbony mirrors are good and great value for the price.
As usual for you, Damian, this is a very good comparison, and I thank you for it. To me, the SvBONY item is slightly less defined in its view. The image of the field with the farm house has a row of uncut rye in the middle ground, at the far end of the cut swath. The Baader view shows more detail in the edge of the standing rye compared to the SvBONY diagonal.
svbony makes really nice stuff, my first scope was the sv503 70ed and i was extremely impressed with the quality especially since it was a third the cost of other more mainstream scopes.
I compared both the Baader white diagonal mirror to a Tele Vue Everbrite under high magnification during the daylight. The Baader boasts 1/10 AFTER aluminizing. The Tele Vue Everbrite won. It was slightly more clear than the Baader white diagonal mirror.
I was all excited to try out my Baader Prism Diagonal and found it to be essentially the same as a good quality mirror diagonal, but for twice the price. I don't understand the appeal of prisms
Another nice vid Bogdan. I have come to appreciate the versatility of prism diagonals - the short light path allows the addition of accessories like filter wheels, and is essential for binoviewing. Prism every time for me now.
Thank you for the excellent review again.
Excellent video, like !
Thanks for the great review. I bought an SVBony 1.25 mirror diagonal for my 80mm ED, it’s rather nice, no complaints.
I've always been in the prism diagonal camp. My best diagonal is a Baader 1.25" T2/90 degree 32mm prism diagonal, so not the BBHS one, but it's still fantastic. Absolutely love using it. I always stuck with prisms as I have long focal length telescopes and I've heard that prisms are better for longer focal lengths and mirrors better for shorter focal lengths. I don't have 2" eyepieces, but it's nice to know that if I ever do make that move, that the Svbony mirrors are good and great value for the price.
As usual for you, Damian, this is a very good comparison, and I thank you for it. To me, the SvBONY item is slightly less defined in its view. The image of the field with the farm house has a row of uncut rye in the middle ground, at the far end of the cut swath. The Baader view shows more detail in the edge of the standing rye compared to the SvBONY diagonal.
svbony makes really nice stuff, my first scope was the sv503 70ed and i was extremely impressed with the quality especially since it was a third the cost of other more mainstream scopes.
I compared both the Baader white diagonal mirror to a Tele Vue Everbrite under high magnification during the daylight. The Baader boasts 1/10 AFTER aluminizing. The Tele Vue Everbrite won. It was slightly more clear than the Baader white diagonal mirror.
Sorry, I forgot to ask, what the mount like, it looks like AZ Pronto. I’m after a grab and go set up for casual visual use.
I was all excited to try out my Baader Prism Diagonal and found it to be essentially the same as a good quality mirror diagonal, but for twice the price. I don't understand the appeal of prisms
Buna seara. Pentru un Skywatcher 102/500 , ce recomandati ? Multumesc frumos.
Split the difference. Go for the Svbony diagonal and spend the rest on Baader's Contrast Booster Filter
@oninoyakamo And some components for improve visual ? Thank you.
@@mihaitaene4644 You don't need much. Svbony's SV215 Zoom would work well with your scope on most objects.
Does anyone know why a "star diagonal" is called a *STAR* diagonal, and not simply a "diagonal"?
Planet Diagonal?
Moon Diagonal?
Sky Diagonal?
👍 Great