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Pros & Cons
Pros
It is well built and came packaged nicely. Very well made and performs as advertised.
Widens and flattens the view while also increasing your scope speed to f/6.
Celestron focal reducer is an awesome addition to my astrophotography set up, using a celestron nexstar 6se. Takes the f number from 10 to 6. Absolutely necessary for your sct. It's used with the avs dso-1 video camera. Got this fr as an xmas gift for... Read More
Used canon dslr rebel t3i and the sun fits perfectly on the cropped sensor. To photograph the moment of eclipse use 400mm aps-c/600mm full frame and no solar filter. With this reducer i am able to photograph a full image, making it valuable for eclips... Read More
Cons
Reducer came apart when adjusting my imaging train. It is way too expensive for a piece made in china. I have to purchase the adapter to fit telescope mount (basically just additional thread which costs extreme $25+), and another adapter to be able to... Read More
Highlights
Quality
I am very happy with the quality of the goods and the speed of delivery
A good buy to go with the celestron 8se
Now as with anything with the celestron name attached to it youre going to pay for it
However i was pleasantly surprised at the increase in brightness along with the wider field of view
Price
I have seen others that cost hundreds more
Competitiveness
The result was a jawdropping experience to all of us
Nice addition to my celestron nexstar 8inch
However when coupled with a star diagonal a tpiece and a canon t3i my nexstar 8se does not have enough play in the focus knob t... Read More
Consdid not work for photos or video with my canon t5i dslr or my orion starshoot ii
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- This product had a total of 620 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 5 2023.
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It was between this and another brand which was cheaper but the maker had declared bankruptcy
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I was skeptical that this would make much of a difference with my celestron 1250mm focal length scope
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The thing that i ordered is what arrived
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Now as with anything with the celestron name attached to it youre going to pay for it
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I just have a hard time believing that there is that much value in manufacturing or rd to justify the cost the apply to customers
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I wish it was a bit more reasonable
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And yes ive seen some edge distortion and fringing
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Using a full frame sensor is not an option since the c8 will vignette
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