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Meade Series 4000 2" QX Wide Angle Eyepiece - 30mm # 07262

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Brand Meade
Part Number 7262
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Meade Closeout Special!

Meade has just discontinued this item. We purchased Meade's entire remaining inventory at a great closeout price and are passing our savings on to you. Get this while supplies last - we have just one last piece left.

Meade's Series 4000 QX Wide Angle is a line of 5 element eyepieces designed and engineered for high-performance observing. They yield a super wide 70 degree apparent field of view with extreme resolution. This is one of the few eyepieces sold today that can give you a wide field of view with a consistent pinpoint edge-of-field sharpness and long eye relief. All QX Wide Angle Eyepieces feature multi-layered optical coatings to maximize light transmission, and edge-blackened optics for superior image contrast. The new Meade Series 4000 QX Wide Angle eyepieces are an incredible value, delivering excellent performance.

Features:
• Super wide 70° apparent field of view.
• 5-element optical design provides clear, sharp, high-contrast images.
• Fully-multi-coated optics for maximum light transmission.
• Lens edges blackened to minimize internal reflections and improve contrast.
• Superior contrast and pinpoint resolution.

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4.0 (Based on 10 Reviews) 100% of reviewers recommended this product.
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    1. Guest

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      Review by Chuck of Brook Park, Ohio.
      1330128000
      Feb 24, 2012

      4.0 Meade 30mm QX

      Pros:

      Strong Construction,Accurate,Quality Lenses

      Cons:

      Heavy

      Comments:

      This is a very good 2" wide field eyepiece at a very good price. Star images at the edge of the field were not always pin point for me but I didn't find that to be a problem for an eyepiece in this price range.

      Bottom Line: Would you recommend this item? Yes
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      Review by Alex of Tijuana, Baja California.
      1320019200
      Oct 30, 2011

      4.0 Good bang for the buck!

      Pros:

      Comfortable,Wide field nice finder,Easy to Use,Compact

      Cons:

      Comfortable,Wide field nice finder,Easy to Use,Compact

      Comments:

      Not a Panoptic, but a great widefield 2", for the price I am happy.
      I have also panoptics and the 5x price is not 5x better in performance, this is like 85% of a Panoptic.
      Again I am happy.
      I use it on f/10, and mostly on f/6, not so good at my f/4.5

      Bottom Line: Would you recommend this item? Yes
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      Review by turing test of suburban Philadelphia, PA.
      1319932800
      Oct 29, 2011

      4.0 Good value

      Pros:

      Easy to Use,Quality Lenses,Strong Construction

      Cons:

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      I bought this on-sale, well worth the approx $50 price. If you don't have a wide-field EP, and want to try one, I'd recommend this. The "sky is full of stars" feeling is great. There is some lack of focus towards the edge, and I had to partially retract it from the 2" adaptor to get proper focus. (If you are not nearsighted, you'll probably be OK.) It's not a Nagler, but good value.

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      Review by Jone of Chevy Chase, MD.
      1306800000
      May 30, 2011

      4.0 Good quality wide angle eyepiece

      Pros:

      Quality Lenses,Strong Construction,Compact,Accurate

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      Good quality eyepiece for occasionally low price made this item a bargain

      Bottom Line: Would you recommend this item? Yes
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      Review by JWright of Lexington KY.
      1306800000
      May 30, 2011

      5.0 One of the best performers for the price

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      This is an outstanding EP for the price. Some coma at the outside edge maybe 10% of the field of view, but it's like looking out a spaceship window so it really doesn't bother me at all. I have this paired up with the GSO 2" 2x Barlow, and it reduced that coma to almost nothing. It honestly is the main EP pair I keep in my 10" f4.7 reflector. It is a perfect match, the eye piece and the GDO barlow. Love it even better than my 28mm deep sky. Get it, you'll be glad you did.

      Bottom Line: Would you recommend this item? Yes
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      Review by Piotr Nowak of Poland.
      1306627200
      May 28, 2011

      4.0 Good eyepiece

      Pros:

      Strong Construction,Quality Lenses

      Cons:

      Comments:

      Not expensive, very good construction, rubber grip, comfortable rubber shield.
      The eye relief is a bit too tight.

      Bottom Line: Would you recommend this item? Yes
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      Review by Jach Blak of Italy.
      1303084800
      Apr 17, 2011

      4.0 Very nice eyepiece and not expensive

      Pros:

      Compact

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      Very good

      Bottom Line: Would you recommend this item? Yes
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      Review by Piotr of Zywiec, Poland.
      1297382400
      Feb 10, 2011

      4.0 Good eyepiece

      Pros:

      Quality Lenses,Strong Construction,Compact

      Cons:

      Comments:

      Good eyepiece and a very good price.
      The eye relief is a bit too tight.

      Bottom Line: Would you recommend this item? Yes
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      Review by Tahorg of Israel.
      1292803200
      Dec 19, 2010

      4.0 Nice searching eyepiece

      Pros:

      Strong Construction,Quality Lenses

      Cons:

      Big coma at the ends

      Comments:

      Long focus and wide angle gives about 2 degree of field that helps to navigate through the sky.

      Bottom Line: Would you recommend this item? Yes
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      Review by Eric R. Zeiner of North Georgia, USA.
      1269043200
      Mar 19, 2010

      3.0 Good EP For The Money

      Pros:

      Quality Lenses,Awesome Price,Strong Construction

      Cons:

      Not For Fast Refractors

      Comments:

      I purchased this EP for my 80mm f/5 refractor and knew going in that the performance of it would be questionable. It is widely known that widefield EP's are severely punished by fast scopes as was the case with mine. The outer 15% of the FOV on either side suffers greatly from field curvature to the point that only the middle 70% of the FOV can come to focus. In order for me to get the outer ring into focus I had rack my draw tube out another two millimeters. However the sweet spot did reveal some very nice and unexpected detail on the DSO's I observed with it and if you can get by without using the entire FOV this EP at this price is a good deal. I would imagine that this EP would perform very well in a scope of f/8-10 or higher. Also the eye relief is very tight with this model to the point that I had to get right up on the eye cup to get a good view and there was some blackout evident as well if the eye position was not just right. The construction, fit and finish of this EP is very nice and it has a nice feel to it and I just think the bottom line is that it is definetly not suited for fast scopes.

      Bottom Line: Would you recommend this item? Yes
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      Specifications

      Apparent Field of View 70°
      Barrel Size 2" (50.8mm)
      Bolt Case Included Yes - Manufacturer Supplied
      Bolt Case Size Replacement: Agena 65x80mm
      Coatings Fully Multi-Coated
      Focal Length 30mm
      Lens Elements 5
      Rubber Eye Guard Yes
      Blackened Lens Edges Yes
      Manufacturer Meade
      Eyepiece Focal Length 20.1mm - 30mm
      Eyepiece Field of View 61 - 70 degrees
      Eyepiece Series Meade QXWA
      Barrel Type With safety undercut
      Filter Threads Standard 2" Filter Thread (M48 x 0.75)