This useful 2x Barlow Incorporates a camera-thread for photography and a removable barlow lens cell so can be used a number of ways:
1. With an eyepiece - the Barlow increases magnification by 2x.
2. With a camera attached for astrophotography - useful when you want to increase magnification or where lack of infocus is a problem.
3. With the Barlow lens cell removed - the remaining body and nosepiece can be used as a straightforward non-magnifying camera adapter or a 1.25" 34mm focus extension tube.
4. The removed Barlow lens cell can be screwed directly to any eyepiece, imaging camera or webcam fitted with a 1.25" nosepiece (via the filter thread). When used this way the gain in magnification varies according to spacing.
Average Rating (7 Reviews): | |
Thursday, 29 July 2021 | Thomas
It's got a bit of weight to it, feels much better than those plastic ones. The lens itself unscrews from the housing, looking forward to seeing if I can use it with a t adapter to achieve prime focus with my dslr. If not, happy to have a good quality, affordable barlow.
Monday, 21 June 2021 | Mark
I have only had one night to try this out and initial thoughts are I am happy with it. The main reason for the feedback mind was the service from FLO, ordered in the afternoon, received the following morning, all in this case for £2-95 postage. Excellent.
Wednesday, 30 December 2020 | Alun
A great quality Barlow at a great price. I've no complaints at all. I do wonder whether I should of got a x3 and not x2 though...🤔. FLO are fantastic as always 🙂
Astro Essentials 1.25" 2x Barlow with T thread Friday, 4 December 2020 | Stephen
Well priced and well made piece of Astro kit.
Thursday, 28 May 2020 | Ben
This piece of kit is great when starting out. It enables you to double your arsenal of eye pieces with out spending loads of money. This was a great help to me as I’d just spent all my money on buying a scope and was the cheapest option to expand.
This was brought as a package I put together. FLO were excellent to deal with, and will have customer loyalty going forward from me.
Astro Essentials 1.25" 2x Barlow with T thread Friday, 17 April 2020 | Antony
I can't comment to much on this item as i have only just started to get into astronomy,but will say (the item appears to be well made ,and does what it is supposed to.),there are better Barlow's out there for a much higher price, but for someone starting out ,and not wanting to pay loads of cash for one just yet, this would be a good starting point i feel. Be carfull where you buy from especially auction sites as cheap can be a bad investment.
Thursday, 26 March 2020 | Valentino
It is not the best, but it does magnify the image 2x and rarely dim the image and it is one of the lightest Barlow I've used.