5.0 out of 5 stars Nice Scope for a Good Price

2026-01-28    -Matthew M.

This is a very nice scope, especially for its price point. I've taken some lovely images using this scope. From the start, I've used the focal reducer and found I could never get round stars to the corners; it doesn't give a very flat image. This scope is undoubtedly a good buy and perfect for getting into "serious" astrophotography.**Pros:**- Well built- Allows for very nice images with some post-processing.- The dew shield is retractable, which makes it easier to move around.- It looks really nice!- Sold at an excellent price, especially considering its good quality.- The tube rings are moveable and have a built-in handle.- Many more cool features! Love this unit.**Cons:**- I couldn't get round stars to the corners, but post-processing can overcome this.This is a really nice scope. You can get high-quality images at a relatively budget price. I liked it enough I bought the 70ED as well. I would not hesitate to recommend this scope. Like almost anything in astrophotography, you'll want to upgrade to a more flat field scope at some point.

Excelente producto!!

2026-02-09    -Amazon Customer

Excelente calidad, excelente producto, super bien protegido para transporte y llegó super mega rápido!!! gracias!!!

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice Scope for a Good Price

2026-02-22    -Matthew M.

This is a very nice scope, especially for its price point. I've taken some lovely images using this scope. From the start, I've used the focal reducer and found I could never get round stars to the corners; it doesn't give a very flat image. This scope is undoubtedly a good buy and perfect for getting into "serious" astrophotography.**Pros:**- Well built- Allows for very nice images with some post-processing.- The dew shield is retractable, which makes it easier to move around.- It looks really nice!- Sold at an excellent price, especially considering its good quality.- The tube rings are moveable and have a built-in handle.- Many more cool features! Love this unit.**Cons:**- I couldn't get round stars to the corners, but post-processing can overcome this.This is a really nice scope. You can get high-quality images at a relatively budget price. I liked it enough I bought the 70ED as well. I would not hesitate to recommend this scope. Like almost anything in astrophotography, you'll want to upgrade to a more flat field scope at some point.

Excelente

2026-02-10    -Juan Manuel Berzunza Cuevas

Muy buena calidad, me gustó mucho.

Excelente producto!!

2026-01-22    -Amazon Customer

Excelente calidad, excelente producto, super bien protegido para transporte y llegó super mega rápido!!! gracias!!!

Excelente

2026-01-13    -Juan Manuel Berzunza Cuevas

Muy buena calidad, me gustó mucho.

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT TELESCOPE AT A GREAT PRICE!

2026-02-06    -P. Smith

I purchased the SVBONY SV503 70ED refractor telescope last summer, but due to weather (two hurricanes!) I was unable to try it out until late November. It performed beautifully! The first few targets were the Pleiades, Andromeda, and the North American Nebula. All came out fantastic. The FPL51 glass in the objective lens approaches the performance of APO scopes that are over twice the price. The dual-speed focuser is super smooth and it's easy to get perfect focus with a Bahtanov mask. The draw tube length of 90mm offers a wide range of distances for achieving focus with various spacers, filters, or the reducer. It also has markings (down to the millimeter) on the side of the draw tube to help get the focus back after making changes to the optical chain. If you have recorded the distance mark from a previous setup, going back to that setup is much easier to get the focus close, so that the time needed when doing that kind of a change is greatly reduced. The extendable dew shield keeps out dew and stray light and stays in place without getting stuck. Overall, the quality of the build is excellent. I also purchased the 0.8x reducer for this scope's bigger brother, the SV503 80ED and it works great with this 70mm f/6 to reduce it down to an f/4.8 focal ratio for a slightly wider field of view. I recommend the reducer with this scope. It is essential if you wish to capture all of M-31 (Andromeda) or M-45 (The Pleiades) in a single frame. As far as optical quality, images are sharp and bright. Even though it's not an APO, I didn't notice any significant blue or purple halo's around bright stars. They weren't completely eliminated, but the very minor ones that did show up were hardly visible or were easily removed via processing. I highly recommend this telescope for astrophotography.

Bon marché mais pas cheap.

2026-01-20    -Nathalie S.

Super petite lunette pour l’astrophoto quand combinée avec le sv193 de la 80ED pour corriger le champ. (Le champ n’est corrigé que jusqu’à des capteurs de 16mm de diagonale). Petites aberrations chromatiques présentes sur les étoiles brillantes mais facilement corrigé avec un filtre sv231 qui les fait totalement disparaître.La lunette est bien construite, entièrement en métal avec dualfocuser super précis. Très bon choix bon marché comme en attestent quelques photos que je partage en + prises avec cette lunette avec des temps d’intégration de moins de 1h.

Dès le premier essai, il répond au delà de mes attentes

2025-12-26    -C. Henley

Au premier essai à -14c, en une seule soirée, j’ai réussi à prendre ces 4 photos attachées. Après avoir expérimenté le SV503 70ED je voulais absolument avoir le 102ED, j’ai longuement suivi le prix jusqu’au moment il soit au plus bas. Aucun point négatif à mentionner, excellente construction, aucun plastique, son poids bien équilibré nous laisse présager une bonne qualité du produit. Si c’est votre premier télescope, il faudra s’attendre à investir dans l’achat d’une monture & d’un oculaire minimalement. Dans mon cas, c’est surtout pour de l’astrophotographie qui m’a requis d’investir 4 fois de prix du télescope en accessoires. Finalement ce qui résume le mieux en peu de mot la qualité du produit, regarder les photos :) je ne veux pas le savoir, je veux le voir ! Merci SVBony de rendre accessible nos passions.

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT TELESCOPE AT A GREAT PRICE!

2026-01-08    -P. Smith

I purchased the SVBONY SV503 70ED refractor telescope last summer, but due to weather (two hurricanes!) I was unable to try it out until late November. It performed beautifully! The first few targets were the Pleiades, Andromeda, and the North American Nebula. All came out fantastic. The FPL51 glass in the objective lens approaches the performance of APO scopes that are over twice the price. The dual-speed focuser is super smooth and it's easy to get perfect focus with a Bahtanov mask. The draw tube length of 90mm offers a wide range of distances for achieving focus with various spacers, filters, or the reducer. It also has markings (down to the millimeter) on the side of the draw tube to help get the focus back after making changes to the optical chain. If you have recorded the distance mark from a previous setup, going back to that setup is much easier to get the focus close, so that the time needed when doing that kind of a change is greatly reduced. The extendable dew shield keeps out dew and stray light and stays in place without getting stuck. Overall, the quality of the build is excellent. I also purchased the 0.8x reducer for this scope's bigger brother, the SV503 80ED and it works great with this 70mm f/6 to reduce it down to an f/4.8 focal ratio for a slightly wider field of view. I recommend the reducer with this scope. It is essential if you wish to capture all of M-31 (Andromeda) or M-45 (The Pleiades) in a single frame. As far as optical quality, images are sharp and bright. Even though it's not an APO, I didn't notice any significant blue or purple halo's around bright stars. They weren't completely eliminated, but the very minor ones that did show up were hardly visible or were easily removed via processing. I highly recommend this telescope for astrophotography.