Denkmeier The Big Easy Binoviewer Package

THE BIG EASY provides first class performance and is far from an introductory binoviewer. The Big easy Package includes the famous Denk Standard Binoviewer with 26mm prisms, Self Centering Aluminum Locking Holders, and a 1.25" format correcting system that allows this world class binoviewer to reach focus at two magnifcations in any Refractor or Newtonian and three magnifications in an F/10 SCT including a wonderful focal reduction mode.

The Big easy is a trimmed down Denkmeier Standard Binoviewer Package that includes the same super quality 26mm clear aperture binoviewer that has made our reputation what it is today, while starting the binoviewer inertia four years ago. In order to trim down our Standard Power x Switch Package, we simply eliminated the "extras" like our patent pending automatic Power x Switching, aluminum case, and our SCD Holders. The end result is that a binoviewer that you will use for a lifetime is now within reach without making a big dent in your wallet.

The Big Easy is priced similarly to a new class of introductory binoviewers now being sold by so many dealers, but is anything but a beginner's unit. Denkmeier Optical assembles and tests each and every unit in their Maryland, USA facility. There is no need to worry about achieving focus in your Refractor, Newtonian or SCT. This is because The Big Easy includes a Denkmeier OCS. Denkmeier invented the OCS and be assured that there is no need to search for aftermarket parts from other sources when you purchase The Big Easy.

Since the time when Denkmeier Optical innovations allowed binoviewers to be rightfully considered more than just novelties, a new demand has surfaced from those observers who want to try binoviewing without a sizable investment. Denkmeier Optical has responded with our new Big Easy Package. The Big Easy is built for a lifetime and will illuminate long focal length eyepieces due to the large aperture prisms that we have always used.

SCT owners will really enjoy focal reduction without vignetting as well as a normal magnification and 2X. Newtonian and Refractor users will have the means to produce two magnifications with the Big Easy OCS. 26mm prisms means superior illumination, no doubt about it. Our OCS optics are housed in precision machined black anodized aluminum tubes and threaded for 1.25" filters. Our stealth black baffling and special grooving on the interiors is standard as it always has been. The coatings are extremely efficient in eliminating reflection throughout the visible spectrum.

Denkmeier Standard Binoviewer has brought amazing two-eyed views of planets, The Sun, The Moon and countless Deepsky objects to amateur astronomers around the world. We decided to create an introductory package that would be more affordable to beginners and seasoned veterans alike. What we did not want to do was compromise on the quality. The large aperture Standard Binoviewer included in this package has the same 26mm prisms as it's Power Switching Cousin and now includes Self Centering Diopter Holders (SCD Holders). The holders lock the eyepieces in without the use of setscrews. An internal split ring is collapsed equally over the 360 degree circumference of the eyepiece barrel for perfect alignment every time. A smooth sliding motion of the eyepiece remains possible even though the eyepiece is firmly retained in these holders. So, the eyepieces are Self-Centered (essential for proper merging of the images) and snugly contained, but still can be raised or lowered in the CNC machined, all aluminum anodized holders. This raising and lowering changes the focus in one or the other eyepiece to compensate for differences in your vision.

Each Standard Binoviewer included in this package is carefully hand collimated and undergoes the same meticulous quality control procedures that are mandated for all Denkmeier products, right in their Maryland, U.S.A. facility. Denkmeier simply trimmed away some of the extras to make this system more affordable, without trimming away the quality found throughout.

The BIG EASY includes our patent pending OCS system that will easily convert to allow almost any telescope to reach focus. Not only will your telescope reach focus, but a variety of magnifications will be possible with the eyepieces that are available with this system. The BIG EASY includes: The Denk Standard Binoviewer with our lockable SCD Aluminum Self Centering Diopter Holders, a Patented 1.25" Optical Corrector System (OCS) for Newtonians and Refractors that operates at both 1.4X and 2.5X magnifications and then converts to a Star*Sweeper providing F/6.6 reduction, F/20 multiplication and "normal power mode" for Schmidt Cassegrain Telescopes (SCTs). For Refractors using 2" Star Diagonals, an adapter is also included that allows the important OCS Cell to be threaded to the 48mm telescope-side filter threads of the 2" star diagonal.

Standard SCT Power x Switch Package With SCTs

This system is designed for an SCT that uses a 1.25" star diagonal or a 2" diagonal with 1.25" adapter. The patent pending Power x Switch allows any typical F/10 Meade® and Celesctron® SCT to operate at two instant magnifications though some focuser knob adjustment is necessary. With the Power x Switch Arm "IN", the magnification will be .66X and with the Power x Switch Arm "OUT", the magnification will be approximately 1.15X (this added magnification is due to the interaction of the secondary mirror and the primary mirror in an SCT).

Also included is a thread-on 1.25" 2X Multiplier that attaches to the binoviewer 1.25" nosepiece via matching threads. It is used with the Power x Switch Arm in the OUT position and allows a third SCT Magnification of 2X (F/20) to occur.

Standard SCT Power x Switch Package With Refractors

This Package also operates with any Refractor using a 1.25" star diagonal with telescope-side filter threads. The 1.25" 2X Multiplier Cell must be threaded into the 1.25" filter threads located on the telescope end of the star diagonal. Then the binoviewer with the Power x Switch is loaded into the eyepiece-side of the star diagonal. The refractor will now operate at a low and higher magnification. The Power x Switch Arm is in the "IN" position for lower power, "OUT" position for higher power.

Standard SCT Power x Switch Package With Newtonians

If a Newtonian telescope is added and this Standard SCT Power x Switch Package is already owned, an additional middle spacer tube may be purchased that will allow the Newtonian to be used. This item called the 1.25" Newtonian Spacer Tube (also know as the 1.25" Part C) and is priced at $29. It threads to the 1.25" nosepiece currently attached to the binoviewer and then the 1.25" Multiplier Cell is threaded to opposite end of this spacer tube. The Power x Switch will then function and a Newtonian will reach focus at both low and high magnifications.

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