http://advancedopticalsystems.com Reviews - binoculars, night vision, telescopes, scopes, range-finders, ... Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:44:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We've been asked for our opinion on the Meade DSI PRO III Deep Sky Imager. We feel that the PRO II is better value for money though so we'll have a look that that 'middle ground' model. Check out the Meade DSI PRO II at Telescopes.com Let's look at what Meade DSI ... http://advancedopticalsystems.com/consumer-opinions-meade-dsi-pro-ii-deep-sky-imager-review/ Urban Astronomy - Seeing the Skies in Light Polluted Areas By Matthew Kriebel The sheer, overwhelming amount of light pollution from a city can lead many of its inhabitants to believe that there is no way they can view anything from urban areas. Its not just residents who feel this way, I've ... http://advancedopticalsystems.com/useful-article-urban-astronomy-seeing-the-skies-in-light-polluted-areas/ We've favorably reviewed this bestselling beginner telescope before, but decided to get other owner's impressions from all over the Web: "... Overall, the Celestron Powerseeker 114 is a budget priced telescope with good optical performance, especially when using the low power K20 eyepiece..." snippet of an AstroMaster 114 EQ owner's review from ... http://advancedopticalsystems.com/consumer-opinions-celestron-astromaster-114-eq-reflector-telescope-review/ By Matthew Kriebel There are several telescope buyers guides available on the Internet, some good, some not so good. Many of them carry far too much information that a beginner doesn't need. This guide is from our experience with telescope customers and hope it is simple and helpful in helping you ... http://advancedopticalsystems.com/the-uncluttered-telescope-buyers-guide/ Our last consumer opinion post was about Celestron's NexStar 6 SE telescope. This post looks at actual owner's feedback reports on its bigger brother the Celestron NexStar 8 SE. Just to ensure that new readers understand the aim of these posts, here’s some background: We obviously cannot review all optical instruments ourselves ... http://advancedopticalsystems.com/consumer-opinions-celestron-nexstar-8-se-telescope-reviews/ Thusfar we've had some great responses to our new strategy of gathering independent reviews from all over the Internet to assist enthusiasts with their buying decisions. So it looks like we'll keep doing it then. To new readers, here's the background to these 'opinion/review' posts: Since we obviously cannot review all optical ... http://advancedopticalsystems.com/consumer-opinions-celestron-nexstar-6-se-telescope-reviews/ Since we obviously cannot review all optical instruments ourselves, we have decided to collect opinions from consumers and post them in a single place for a single instrument, and then give it an overall rating based on real user experiences. This eliminates our own biases and therefore provides consumers with ... http://advancedopticalsystems.com/consumer-opinions-canon-10x42-l-image-stabilization-waterproof-binoculars/ Since we obviously cannot review all optical instruments ourselves, we have decided to collect opinions from consumers and post them in a single place for a single instrument, and then give it an overall rating based on real user experiences. This eliminates our own biases and therefore provides consumers with ... http://advancedopticalsystems.com/consumer-opinions-nikon-monarch-atb-10x42-waterproof-binoculars/ Since we obviously cannot review all optical instruments ourselves, we have decided to collect opinions from consumers and post them in a single place for a single instrument, and then give it an overall rating based on real user experiences. This eliminates our own biases and therefore provides consumers with ... http://advancedopticalsystems.com/consumer-opinions-celestron-skyscout-personal-planetarium/ Since we obviously cannot review all of the top optical instruments ourselves, we have decided to collect opinions from consumers and post them in a single place for a single instrument, and then give it an overall rating based on real user experiences. This eliminates our own biases and therefore ... http://advancedopticalsystems.com/consumer-review-meade-12-inch-lx200-acf-advanced-coma-free-telescope-with-uhtc/