LV series eyepieces: the extra-long eye-relief is prized for comfortable viewing and eyepiece/afocal projection imaging.
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A Vixen-designed eyepiece that uses low-dispersion Lanthanum glass.
- 3-group 5-element lenses or 4-group 7-element lenses
- extra-long 20mm eye-relief allows comfortable observation - even with glasses - and is prized for eyepiece projection imaging.
- excellent field of view, virtually eliminating ghosting and flare
- Fold-down rubber eyeguards
- Fully Multi-Coated
Reviews
"Half the price of other Long-eye relief models, the Vixen Lanthanum eyepieces are ideal on small scopes that can't handle hefty wide-field eyepieces, providing good eye relief and a tall eyepiece for comfortable viewing."
"Among the best values in quality wide-angle eyepieces are the Vixen Lanthanum Superwides, made by Vixen of Japan. Each features 20mm of eye relief - an added bonus. Edge performance is very good...."
— The Backyard Astronomers Guide, Revised Edition 2002, pg. 73
LV 2.5mm
"[A] very nice eyepiece for those power views of the moon. It's like flying over it up close. I use this eyepiece with 3" and 4" (Stellarvue and Genesis) refractors; and when seeing conditions are good, nice detail can be noticed on Jupiter and Saturn."
"An excellent high contrast very high power EP."
"This is a high power eyepiece that one can really use."
"Was pleasantly surprised by it's performance. No false color, good field."
— Excelsis.com Eyepiece Reviews
Data Table
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Model
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Focal Length
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Apparent Field
(deg)
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Eye Relief
(mm)
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Format
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Weight
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LV2.5mm
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2.5
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45
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20mm
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1-1/4"
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160 / 5.6
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Model # EP-LV-3714 Weight: 160 grams / 5.6 oz
Blow-out $79.00!
Was $150.00
[How to Purchase]
See accessory pages for more info.
A method often used to photograph such diverse objects as the moon, planets and birds is to place a camera behind the telescope’s eyepiece ("digiscoping"). Vixen Digital Camera Adapters let you do this with many models of digital cameras from Nikon, Olympus, Sony, and other manufacturers. The Digital Camera Adapters are for use with Vixen LV eyepieces (1¼" size) only.
Model # AP-DA-3903
Blow-out $34.00!
Was $58.00
[How to Purchase]
AP-DA-3903 for 1-1/4" LV Digiscoping. 
Typical digital camera and scope setup: camera is connected by DG-Ring (specific to camera model) to DG to 1-1/4" LV adapter (AP-DA-3903), to eyepiece and drawtube adapters on the focuser. LV eyepiece in the DG to 1-1/4" LV adapter enlarges the image.
The ring is used to attach a digital camera to the Digital Camera Adapter. This ring is for 28mm-size filter threads that include the Nikon CoolPix 800,900,910,950, 990, 995 & 4500. Works with adapter from Nikon with CoolPix 700, 775, 880, 885, 4300 & 500.
Model # AP-DG-3904
Blow-out $14.00!
Was $25.00
[How to Purchase]
The ring is used to attach a digital camera to the Digital Camera Adapter. This ring is for 37mm-size filter threads that include the Sony DSC-P30, P50, S30, S50 & MVC-FD92; Sony Camcorders DCR-PC100 DCR-TRV 30, 50, 240K, 300K, 820K, TR290PK, & CCD-TRV96K; JVC Camcorders GR-DVL7, GR-DVL700, GR-DVA 30K, 33K; Sharp Camcorders VL-PD7, VL-MR1
Model # AP-DG-3905
Blow-out $14.00!
Was $25.00
[How to Purchase]
The ring is used to attach a digital camera to the Digital Camera Adapter. This ring is for 43mm-size filter threads that include the Olympus CAMEDIA 2020, 3030Z, 2500L, the Casio 8000SX and Panasonic Camcorder NV-DJ100.
Model # AP-DG-3906
Blow-out $14.00!
Was $25.00
[How to Purchase]
DG Rings connect digital cameras to the AP-DA-3903 adapter.
This ring is used to attach a digital camera to the Digital Camera Adapter. This ring is for 52mm-size filter threads that include Canon Powershot cameras that use the Canon Conversion Lens Adapter LA-DC52[B,C,D etc.] (required).
Model # AP-DG-3908
Blow-out $17.00!
Was $29.00
[How to Purchase]
Images made with this product.
Technical Documents and Notes 
Lanthanum LV Eyepieces
Eyepiece Brochure in printable form. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. |
