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Orion 9x50 Right-Angle, Correct-Image Finder Scope
Binding: Electronics
Brand: Orion
EAN: 0410000062449
Feature(s): This crosshair finder makes aiming your telescope easy by showing an upright, non-reversed imageRight-angle design lets you view in comfort. No more crouching or craning your neck.Powerful 9x magnifying power, 50mm-diamter objective lenses and 5-degree field of viewFully coated, achromatic glass optics yield crisp, bright imagesDovetail foot fits many Orion scopes; optional dovetail base available to fit most non-Orion scopes
Label: ORION
List Price: $81.95
Manufacturer: ORION
MPN: 07212
Product Group: Photography
Publisher: ORION
Studio: ORION
UPC: 410000062449
Editorial Reviews
Product Description:
Sometimes looking through a straight finder scope can be a strain, making you crouch down and crane your neck. Well, you can call off the chiropractors because our right-angle finder scopes let you view in contortion-free comfort! What's more, they have a built-in Amici prism to provide a correctly oriented view - not upside-down as with standard finders. These achromatic, crosshair finders feature fully coated glass lenses, internal baffling, and focus adjustment. Each includes an aluminum bracket with two perpendicular thumbscrews for easy alignment. Dovetail foot fits many Orion telescopes (see list). Dovetail base (#7214) can be purchased for custom installations. Prism and eyepiece are not removable.
Customer Reviews Average rating - 3.5
Rating - 5 Date: 2006-01-26
Content: I bought this for my Meade ETX-90, it is far better than the scope that came from Meade. The mount had to be modified (just a little) to fit the ETX-90
Summary: Great
Rating - 2 Date: 2005-03-04
Content: Good optics, good construction, but one major design flaw which makes this finder scope useless if you have an equatorial mount: It is impossible to rotate the right-angle eyepiece assembly about the axis of the finder scope. This is not a problem if your telescope has an alt-az mount, but if you have an equatorial mount, then, regardless of the initial orientation, the finder eyepiece will be pointing toward the ground for about 1/2 the sky. I complained about this to Orion tech support and they promptly and politely replied that this is indeed a problem. My rating of 2 stars is an average of 4 stars (for the alt-az owners) and zero stars (for the equatorial owners).
Summary: OK for Alt-Az, useless for Equatorial mount
Rating - 4 Date: 2004-06-18
Content: This is a reasonably priced upgrade for the 6x30mm finder that came standard with my scope. The extra aperture provides much brighter views, the right-side up image simplifies matching the view to my star charts, and the right angle is a real neck-saver on long observing sessions.Optically fine though there is some edge distortion. No problem for use as a finder, though. If you've never used a right angle finder before, be warned that initial orientation is little harder than with straight-through finders. I added a zero-power "bulls eye" finder to help with this. This combination makes finding things very easy.
Summary: Nice, inexpensive upgrade
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