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Binoviewer Correctors & OCA's and
FLR's
We
are the pioneers of this design.
Attention:
Always
state the Binoviewer that you are going to use
with your OCA. Indicating the telescope is important to. I will use
this information to optimize the OCA for your system. I can also
supply options to avoid any conflicts in equipment usage. The method
of connecting your OCA to the bottom of your binoviewer may differ depending on your binoviewer
Type. You may have a TV or Baader binoviewer and have a direct OCA
to T-2 connection. This opens up the bottom of the binoviewer for
greater illumination.
Do
you want to focus your WO/Burgess or Stellarvue binoviewer without an OCA on your
Refractor! This includes the WO SD/Astrotech 66mm and Orion 80/100mm ED
refractors. See ad #2 for details
Click Here.
What
is the difference between an true OCA and a barlow that is typically supplied
with these style binoviewers? (click here)
Supercharge
your Baader, Burgess, SV, WO or similar binoviewer to work better with your
Telescopes and save $$. See low power, easy focus solutions below
in Ads #1 and #2.
Ad for all OCA's
#1a and #1b Performance
low cost OCA's For all binos with 22mm or less Prisms.
#1C
You Don't want any extra magnification? If you have a refractor this might
be what you need.
#2
Discontinued.
#3 High
Output Maxlight OCA's for big Prism Binos (24mm+prizms)(including
BW-optics)
#4
Low Profile diagonal friendly OCA's (Very
convenient and versatile.)
#5 SCT
Multi Mag adaptors 1.25" and 2" (No focus help but gives extra magnifications
to SCT/MCT.)
#6 Power
Mag wheels for Dobs and Refractors (Quick Changing with limited focus
swing.)
#6a Denk
Power Switch Convertion 1.3x - 2.5x - 3.5x or 1x - 2x - 3x
#7
FLR's for Mak's and SCT's (Focal Length Reducers to reduce magnification.)
All of these can
be found below with more Details.
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1.25" and 2" nosepieces for
Telvue and Baader binoviewers with the T-2 connection.
28mm
TV and Baader #(Ba23)1.25" T2 nose pieces Standard filter threads at
the bottom
$30
TV
and Baader #(2"Ba23) 2" T2 top nose pieces Standard filter threads at the
bottom $59
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Ad #1a
1.25x
corrector for Baader, Burgess, WO, Stellarvue, Celestron, Orion,
Moonfish, BC&F, Binomate and the like.
Please let me know what Binoviewer you
are going to use.
$219
(SBW -1.25x)
This is a simple 1.25x OCA It is a 3 pc unit and is for any
telescope Dob or refractor 1.25" Diagonal friendly
Instructions
for corrector here
23mm
Baader #(Ba23)and standard T2 nose pieces
$30
>>>>>LOOK>>>>>
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Ad #1b
1.25x Multi
Magnification corrector for Baader, Burgess, WO, Stellarvue, Celestron, Orion,
Moonfish, BC&F, Binomate and the like.
Please
let me know What Binoviewer you are going to use.
(SBW-1235)
This is the 4 pc unit and is for any
telescope $239
1.25" Diagonal friendly
1.25x, 2.0x, 3.5x
Instructions
for this corrector
23mm
Baader #(Ba23)and standard T2 nose pieces
$30
>>>>>LOOK>>>>>
Please
let me know What Binoviewer you are going to use.
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Ad #1c
You Don't want any extra
magnification? If you have a refractor this might be what you need to
come to focus with your binoviewer.
See YouTube
video instructions here Click.
Click Here
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These low power correctors are guaranteed to focus
in any
scope both Dobs or Refractors.
 
1.25x oca
23mm
Baader T2 #(Ba23) Standard T2 nose pieces
$30
Total Dob penetration 3 3/4"
Instructions
for corrector here
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This is a corrector
below that gives 1.25x magnification with any of these short path
binoviewers. See instructions for a bonus magnification. Right
picture is with optional T2 nose.
 
1.25x Multi oca
23mm
Baader T2 #(Ba23) Standard T2 nose pieces
$30
Total Dob penetration 3 3/4"
Instructions
for this corrector
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Click Here for more info.
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Universal Binoviewer MAX Light OCA's
We
are the pioneers of this design.
These will focus any Binoviewer in
any telescope.
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Ad #3
2" 1x and
1.3x Multi Magnification High Output OCA's For all Binoviewers
New 38mm CA available. B)
SERIES
See 2" filter thread
adaptor below for the (B) series OCA. (A) series OCA already
threaded for 1.25" filters
F2.8 Scopes and above.
No
back focus needed. These are Adjustable focus full compensations OCA's and x1 means Zero
magnification is added to your eyepieces.
Please
let me know what Binoviewer you have and The attachment it
has at the bottom EX: T-2. Also Click Here.
Also
Multi Mag adaptors below for all Binoviewers.
Instructions for All OCA's Below.
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The OCA focus adapters
below can come with a universal connection for all binoviewers or
optimal T2 for the Baader Quick Connect. or TV binoviewer to replace
the 1.25" nose piece.
Please specify in your order so I can send the
correct connection type.
Standard A) SERIES Size OCA
here (Large below these)
A1)1.3x
Two
Piece for Newts & Refractors, $299.
(2OCA13)
for F5 scopes on up
A2)1x Two
Piece for Refractors, for
F5 scopes on up
$299.
(2OCAx1) Actual
mag is 0.93x
A3)1,3x.MultiMag
Two
Piece for Newts & Refractors,
$399.
(2multiOCA132027) Mags 1.3x, 2.0x,
2.7x
for
F5 scopes on up
.A4)1x MultiMag
Two
Piece for Newts & Refractors, $399.
(2multiOCAx113) Mags-1x,
1.3x
for F5 scopes on up
.A5)1x MultiMag
Two
Piece for Newts & Refractors, $399.
(2multiOCAx11520) Mags-1x,
1.5x, 2.0,
for F5 scopes on up
======================= New Large OCA
here 38mm CA (B) SERIES
2" Filter
adpator $30
Click here to see the (P)ower (M)ag (W)heel additions of these
focus adaptors. See A1 and A2 in Ad #6 Click here
B1) 1.3x
Large 38mm CA OCA for Newts & Refractors,
$399.
(2OCA1.3x38)
For F2.9 scopes on up.
B1a) 1.15x
Large 38mm CA OCA for Newts & Refractors,
$399.
(2OCA1.15x38)
For F2.9 scopes on up.
B2)1x Large 38mm CA OCA for
All Refractors,
$399. (2OCA1x38)
For F2.9 scopes on up.
B3)1.3x
/x2 Large 38mm CA OCA for Newts & Refractors,
$599.
(2MultiOCAL1.320x38)
For F2.9 scopes on up.
B3)1.15x
/x2 Large 38mm CA OCA for Newts & Refractors,
$599.
(2MultiOCAL1.1520x38)
For F2.9 scopes on up.
B4)1x / 1.3x Multimag Large 38mm CA OCA for Newts & Refractors, $599.
(2MultiOCA1.3x38)
For F2.9 scopes on up.
B5)1x
/ 1.5x Large 38mm CA OCA for Newts & Refractors,
$599.
(2MultiOCAL1.15x38)
For F2.9 scopes on up.
B6)1x / 2.0x Large 38mm CA OCA for Newts & Refractors,
$599.
(2MultiOCAL120x38)
For F2.9 scopes on up.
TV
and Baader 28mm nose piece and is $30
2" base for your binoviewer $99
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A) SERIES
B) SERIES. More
pictures below
Will it work with your VERY fast Dob at
1.3x. Look at this Cloudynights discussion. >
Click here.
No
back focus needed.

OCA's Shown above
in Newtonian mode.
  
Baader Left above can use the quick ring to mount
the OCA on the bottom of the Baader binoviewer and used in Dob or other
telescopes. The Baader MB and TV on the right can have the OCA screw
into the bottom with threaded T2 top on the OCA(See picture on the far
right. More below.
TV
and Baader MB/28mm nose piece and is $30
To use the OCA in refractors, the Diagonal must
have an standard 2" eyepiece holder and the nose of the diagonal must
have a 2" dia and standard 2" filter threads at the nose to hold a
portion of the OCA. Baader Diagonals can be
used but only in the configuration just specified. EX: Televue
diagonals are good like the one above left. Baader above center is setup
similar. The 1.25" nosepiece on the right is
for Baader MB and TV with the universal OCA and other OCA I sell like in
Ad #4. It has T2 threads at the top and Female 1.25" threads at the
bottom. The TV above is using it with the universal OCA. No
back focus needed.
Not enough can be said about the above corrector. The
magnification factor can be as low as .93x and is sharp to the edge of
the field of view in a set of my 24mm Ultra Plus's or Panoptic 24mm's.
If you own a refractor and a TV or Denk binoviewer or any other large
Prism bino you will be blown away by the bright low magnification
images. It use to be that binoviewing carried a higher
magnification price. Now Siebert Optics has changed all that.
Try this product for 60 days and if you are
not completely satisfied return it for a full refund of the purchase
price. This unit has been thoroughly tested in a number of
different scopes including specifically TV scopes.

New Large 38mm CA OCA picture Below


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Ad #4
Low Profile and
2" Diagonal friendly
Please let me know What Binoviewer you are
going to use.
1.25" 1.8x Low Profile Universal OCA for All Binoviewers including Denk, BW
optics, Burgess And Televue.
Only extends
1.75" below the nose of the binoviewer, similar to the Televue x2
corrector.
1.25"
model,
$219 (OCA1#1.8)
Instructions here
TV
and Baader 28mm nose piece
and is $30
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This corrector has standard filter threads and screws directly into the
bottom of your binoviewer's focuser shaft nose. the 1.8x model is incredibly
short and completely parfocal. The 1.5x is the same but had a
small 5mm intravel requirment. Also they are diagonal friendly
like the TV unit.(but is a little shorter.) This means that it does not have to come in 2
pieces, but can be simply be screwed into the nose of your binoviewer
and then placed in the diagonal of the scope. Most 2"
diagonals will be deep enough for it to go in completely. For
those that can't a depth adjustment ring is included which
allows you to adjust how deep it goes into your diagonal.
1.25" diagonals usually have their own stop before the mirror or
prism. But this is not all.
Great for small format binoviewers.. First it improves
light throughput dramatically through the lower 22mm aperture and
channels the light to the eyepieces in a very fine beam. Unlike
when using a binoviewer in an SCT where the clear aperture at the
bottom of the binoviewer is all important for light throughput,
refractors and dobs require an optical path corrector. So a
similar barlow/optical corrector unit must be used anyway. This
is where this unit comes in. |
Ad#5
3
in 1 1.25" SCT'/MCT Multi-mag
Universal OCA for All Binoviewers
Please let me know What
Binoviewer you are going to use. Also
Low Profile and 2" Diagonal friendly
This will give you 4 different mags.---0.6x/1.2x/2.0x/3.0x
All with one OCA.
1.25" 4 power model,
$219
(OCAmultiSCT4)
2" 4 power model,
$269
(OCA2multiSCT4)
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3 power SCT OCA shown.
An all inclusive
optical corrector has been developed for SCT's. It covers 4
different magnifications as follows: -0.6x; 1.2x 2x and 3.0x. All
of these combinations are possible with this simple corrector.
Super lightweight and compact. The corrector takes advantage of
the SCT's ability to focus which allow the unit to be super low
profile. All aluminum construction. All optics have been ray
traced for flawless edge performance. The -0.6 is achieved using
the focal reduction cell (#1). 3x is achieved using element #2;
then last using #1 first then #2 together with a connecting
bridge, you will achieve 2x magnification. 1.2x is the binoviewer
with no optics in place.
What does this
mean? A tremendous savings in eyepiece pairs. Buy one premium set
of eyepieces and every magnification is covered. Even relatively
inexpensive eyepieces are augmented with the use of these
correctors. . Because these corrector cells are threaded for
standard filters the other applications are endless.
Price is
$149 |
Ad#6a
Denkmeier
PowerSwitch/Diagonal Easy Convertion Mod
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This Mod will let you couple my OCA
focus adapter with your Power Switch or Denk PS diagonal and switch from between 3
mags without having to modify your telescope or make other
adjustment except turning your focus knob to adjust focus after
the power change.
This mod is designed to fix the focus
issues inherent to the Denk PS and many telescopes limited ability to
focus.
These are priced for the Denk Dual arm versions
of both the Denk Power Swiches and Diagonals
For Dobs, Refractors and even SCT/MCT. This makes these good for a
much broader range of telescopes. Single arm switches could be $70
cheaper depending on the model you have. Other Denk Switches fall
under custom conversions. See below.
Focus swing specs below are mainly for the Basic
2 arm Denk PS but the Denk Diagoanls will be very close to the
same as well.
For General
questions and Custom Applications please Call or Email for more details.
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A1)
Power Switch/Diag
mod
Dobs/Refractors 1.3x - 2.5x - 3.5x
$499
(DPSREF/DOB3a1)
Total focus swing is less then 33mm - F5
and above
A2)
Power Switch/Diag
mod for Refractors 1.0x - 2.0x - 3.0x
$499
(DPSREF3a2)
Total focus swing is less then 60mm - F5
and above.
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Large models below. 38mm CA
B1)
Power Switch/diag mod
Dobs/Refractors 1.3x - 2.5x - 3.5x
$599
(DPSREF/DOB3b1)
Total focus swing is less then 33mm - F2.9
and above
B2)
Power Switch/diag
mod for Refractors 1.0x - 2.0x - 3.0x
$599
(DPSREF/DOB3b2)
Total focus swing is less then 60mm - F2.9
and above.
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Switch from between 3 Mags instantly. . Top Pictured,
A) model - Good
down to F4.5

Switch from between 3 Mags instantly. .Bottom Pictured, B) model - Good
down to F2.9

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Ad#7
1.25"
or 2" 0.6x FOCAL LENGTH REDUCER FOR ALL Binoviewers.
(Illustrations
to right)
1.25"
Barlow type for
all binos $129
(looks similar to shorty type barlow. (FLR125Bar)
1.25" Filter cell type for
All binos $119
(Works similar to a filter cell.) (FLR125cel)
2" models below
2" Cell type with 40mm optics
$179
(Works similar to a filter cell.)(FLR2cel)
2" 1.25" Barlow type with 40mm
optics $179
(Works similar to a tall 1.25" to 2" stepdown)
See last picture (FLR2holder)
2" Barlow type with 40mm
optics $199
(Works similar to a 2" barlow.)(FLR2barlow)
28mm
TV and Baader #(Ba23)1.25" T2 nose pieces Standard filter threads at
the bottom
$30
TV
and Baader #(2"Ba23) 2" T2 top nose pieces Standard filter threads at the
bottom $59 |
GALAXY VIEWER
BINOVIEWER
FOCAL
LENGTH
REDUCER
FOR
SCT'S/MCT'S
Have
a wider True field with the same eyepieces.
How
it works.
This a focal length reducer
for your SCT and binoviewers. People need to be warned about
these. They can work very well if you don't overdo the focal
length reduction. That is why this unit is limited to a 40%
reduction which means that if your scope is operating at between f/10 and
f/12 you will get a roughly 40% reduction to between f/6-F/7. This
may vary slightly depending on a few things including your binoviewer. This is
about the maximum that can reasonably be done for two important
reasons. 1. Focusing. This unit will focus in
virtually any SCT 8" and up with some focusing to spare, 2.
By driving down your focal length below f/6 you may introduce so very serious
optical irregularities. Call for more information about this. Do
not expect an f/10 system to be reduced to f/5 or under f/5 and perform halfway decent.
These focal length reducers will maintain excellent image quality and
color correction while reducing your scopes magnification. You
can use a set of 24mm SWA without apparent vignetting unlike other models which limit you
to more powerful types of eyepieces.

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Design benefits of the Siebert
Optics OCA's:
This is the way the design has
changed and why. As long as this unit is kept at 3.5" or
shorter the entire cone of light easily makes it through the lower optic
with a diameter of 25mm-26mm. Even the Televue x2
Corrector is roughly 3" from the bottom of the binoviewer and only
has a clear aperture of 17mm's. But because of the length of the
unit the entire cone of light makes it through that aperture and the
unit remains parfocal. My personal opinion is there are no present
x2 correctors that has better light throughput or superior image quality
to the Televue x2. But anyone looking at the unit will notice that
the upper element is substantially larger than the lower one and not the
other way around. The reason for this is as the light passes
through the lower negative element a diverging lighjt cone is created which
spreads out , but because of its relatively close proximity to the upper
element and the fact that the upper element is larger, very little if
any light is lost. The result is a fantastic transmission up to the
eyepiece. If anyone needs proof that a lower negative element
deverges light, simply plug a barlow into your scope from
f/4-f/10 and you will notice the inside of the barlow tube is
illuminated from just above the element all the way up. Here is a
visual illustration to show what this looks like.

Convergent beam
+150mm
divergent beam -150mm
This was the same case
in an optical system from f/4 to f/8. On the left a hollow
reflective tube was used the same as on the right. The whole basis of the Televue powermate series
is that the upper positive element is a pupil correcting element that
reconverges the beam and eliminates the negative aspects of the negative
elements used in standard barlows. So the problems caused by
standard barlows are caused by a diverging element (ie. higher eye relief,
vignetting and some light loss) this is corrected in the
powermate.
Some of the larger 2" x2 barlows have a very huge
baffle about 1/2 way up to the eyepiece and restricts the aperture
roughly down to 30mm's. These barlows have a negative element of
almost 40mm's in diameter. What this tells you is that even though
the lower element is 40mm's the manufacturer knows you are not getting
the full benefit of the lower diameter element. So what needs to
be done is similar to what the clever engineers down at Televue have
done and that is fine tune the optical system using a large enough lower
element to make sure the entire light cone makes it through. The key is to enlarge the upper element
so that as much of the diverging light as possible is retransmitted back
into a convergent beam towards the eyepieces. Look at the pictures
below.
(click on pictures below to
enlarge)

The
illustrations above shows the light throughput differences between a
30mm positive element and a 25mm positive element. Theoretically on paper this
represents a 44% increase in light. What does your eyes tell
you? The left side is substantially brighter given they have the
same illumination source. This is not a new concept.
Objective lenses are made larger for increased brightness. Because
the negative element creates a divergent beam the larger 30mm upper
element is imperative to good light throughput. In my tests
comparing the 25mm and 30mm elements the 30mm element reduced vignetting
tremendously and gave much better illumination. If a 25mm element was sufficient for transmitting the
necessary light doubtful that the vignetting would have been so
drastically reduced by the 30mm element. Also a 30mm
element is the max size necessary for most binoviewers on the market
today since none have a larger prism clear aperture of more than
30mm's. So 25mm's is not enough and 31mm is too much.
This is the principal that our new OCA designs are based on.
Instead of having an extremely large lower element 35mm's or bigger,
which in reality is only a psychological advantage. Any benefits
of a larger lower element are quickly
wasted due to the distance to the second element and the relatively
small size of that second element. In this case the whole unit is
shortened so that the optics are spaced much closer. The lower
element has a clear aperture of roughly 25mm's. which is at least
2-3 mm's larger than the cone of light at f/4.5. The whole unit is
parfocal so that any advantages of the short unit are not wasted by
having to rack your focuser all the way in. The upper element
receives and transmits 44% more of the light reaching it over a 25mm
element. The result is a superbly balanced optimal system that
works every bit as good in the 1.25" size as in a 2"
size. Hence why in the units below the 2" is designed exactly
the same way as the 1.25' units only in larger diameters.
Understandably other companies
will have their own take and opinions on their own optical
designs.
1.8x OCA
See New video
instructions below.
1.8x
OCA instruction Video (Click here to watch.)
Older instructions below
  
  
 
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