I reviewed all of costs. They should be much more user-friendly prices now.
Without the objective lenses
$1,795 includes the alignment-free Bino body, a pair of Kasai R&P focusers (premium quality!) and a pair of BinoTechno erecting mirror diagonals.
Please don’t under-estimate the initial platform alignment. This solid body completely eliminates such a painful works.
The following is my setup for the eclipse. Yes, the collimation was no problem at all even after 1,500 mile drive.
This was 1st NEAF for me since Corona pandemic happened. Sightron Japan and Hutech had two booths side-by-side.
All Masuyama eyepiece lineup, eADC and P1 cameras
WandererAstro’s flat panels(largest size is now 380mm dia.), power distribution boxes and camera rotators. No illumination panel is called “Wanderer’s Eclipse”. Dust cover, but it works as open/close for the totality too.
More Blue
BORGs
SJ’s Super Binos, filters, ALT-AZ mounts & Nano tracker
75mm/F5 6-elements astrograph & Strain wave mount
50mm/F10.9 Achromat (produced in Japan) – I pointed to the ceiling lights. The view was quite clean!!
Following to NEAF trade show special, this is a sales event for everyone now. 10% off until the end of this month.
Again it was a great eclipse. The low clouds were passing by from time to time in both partial phases. Even at the beginning of the totality, the sun was still covered by the clouds. But the miracle happened to us. The sky suddenly got clear since then, and only around the sun. It was exactly like the movie scene of the Moses 10 Commandments. Very lucky. The video below shows the story.
I really enjoyed viewing the beautiful prominences and the powerful inner corona through BORG 107FL and MOP-15.
Again, Bino Techno’s platform was really reliable. No platform alignment needed. The best matching with BORG scopes. Thanks to BinoTechno.
600mm/15mm (40x)
These are all captured from the video frames.
I will try to get the built-in ND filter camera for the next eclipse. It should be ideal.
Total 3000-mile drive and staying with Japan’s friend family in Texas 4days were very fruitful and enjoyable. We had various minor happening. But they are the fun parts too.
1- SJ DBP EX filter will be available middle of April.
UHS version is expected to be ready this summer too.
2- SJ compact CF tripod is now available. The key
Features are
1- MOP(Masuyama Ortho Plossl) seems to be the ideal eyepiece for the bright objects like the Sun because of less number of lens surfaces along with the premium quality coating. The image looks very clean and good color contrast.
After several testing, I decided to go with MOP-15/53 for the coming total eclipse. Probably this is the quite similar magnification to the last total eclipse. But 2 x 17mm larger aperture light(or energy) gathering. I’m so excited about how much I can capture the powerful Corona’s energy into my body. I might be shocked down to the ground.
Fortunately GPS built-in iOptron mount keeps tracking the Sun with one Sync procedure. Thanks to iOptron. This is quite comfortable in the away situation. So I’m ready to go electrically, mechanically and optically! What just additionally needed is the blue sky.
2- I played around SJ pocket microscope. Good educational tool for science.
What I learned(I think) in the computer screen is
Is that correct?
These new items are now in stock.
All of Masuyama 53° are back in stock now. You can enjoy the wonderful total eclipse view thru Masuyama-proprietary clean and high transmission eyepieces.
DigiBorg 