Does what it says!

I got this reducer for my 127MAK Scope. FLO service was second to none, as always. I got my shipment (international) in just 2 days.

Now for the product - Below will be relevant for anyone owning a 127 or so MAK (or anything close)

Lightweight, Well built and it does work well as a reducer - with limitations.

Using this with an astro camera. It more than doubled the field of view of my MAK and reduced the exposure times by a huge amount. I now almost have the best of both worlds - excellent optics and portability of MAK - that I can also make 'Fast' with this item.

There's definitely a catch though. If you try to bring out more details in your images, a lot of vignetting and rings will come up. With average processing/stacking, the outer 50% of image will be almost useless (even flats won't repair it). The central 50% of the image will be completely clean. You crop remaining 50% out and you'll be left again with the original Field of View of the scope. This still isn't a problem, because you end up with the same FOV and less image resolution, but with considerably less exposure time for a slow scope.

In the end, its a compromise that I'm happy with. 5 Stars for making this option available.

A good piece of kit. Small, robust and lightweight. Very pleased with it's performance. Thanks.

Another excellent product by Astro Essentials. Great quality and works well.