Here I will post my experiences with various products that I have used in conjunction with my telescopic observing. Feel free to email your experiences and I will post them with mine.
Telrad Finder. What can I say that has not been said already? This is the de facto standard in zero power finders. I have looked through many, but the Telrad was the only one that I could see through easily. I must note that I have NOT looked through the Televue Starbeam.
University Optics Orthoscopic eyepieces. Eyepieces come and go through the eyepiece case, but these seem to stay put. For planetary and lunar viewing I don't think you can beat them, especially when you consider the price! I have also found them to be a good choice for inserting into the variable projection camera adapter.
JMI Crayford Focusers I purchased a NGF-S about three years ago, to help with the critical focusing when viewing and photographing on the LX50. I have zero complaints and nothing but praise for this focuser. I bought the version with the DRO, but have found that the mirror flop in the LX50 pretty much makes the counter useless if you don't lock the primary mirror.
In-Focus Electronic Focus Controller. great device, though I wish they would have packaged it differently. The battery compartment cover and overall case design leave loads to be desired. Operation is excellent. Two focus buttons allow you to "microstep" or "slew" the focuser in either direction. Takes about one evening of use to get comfortable with it, then it becomes second nature. The front panel of the box has pots for pulse width and duty cycle adjustments. I re boxed mine in a separate case and made a little pendant controller with just the two focus buttons on it to hold in my hand. The main box gets velcro'd to the wedge.
Atlas Of The Lunar Terminator Don't waste your money buying this book! If you got one as a gift, give it back and send them a lump of coal for their birthday! A very wide range of photographic quality (average at best) makes this book unpleasant to use, IMHO. I leafed through it upon arrival and immediately returned it to the company I ordered if from. Unfortunately I was given another copy and it is for sale, $10 shipped in the CONUS (pretty good deal for a $50 book)
Nite-I Telescope Cover I really like this cover. It seems to be a canvas like snow white material. It has a zipper up one side and comes with a strap to secure it around the base of the scope. It will fully cover and protect a 10" LX series scope, even with a wedge. The white color helps reflect the sun during the day.
X Keys by Pi Engineering what a neat device! It is (simply put) a keypad with a memory. ANY function you can perform with only a keyboard can be assigned to a single key. This includes large amounts of text. They make several models but the one I use the most is the X Keys Stick shown below.
The keypad comes in PS/2 and USB versions. I own the PS/2 because I need to use it under DOS with my Bartels' stepper drive computer. The version shown has red LED illuminated buttons. Only the upper 1/4 of the button is illuminated. You can print the labels for the buttons using a word processor or a freeware from their site. I experimented with a number of materials and printing methods and found the best combination to give very legible text in total darkness. Using my HP printer Iied and told it the software I was using transparency film. I printed black on white using plain 97 brightness inkjet paper. I actually used transparency film but that was very unsatisfactory. By specifying transparency film to the printer I got a very heavy coat of ink that blocked any light from behind, the white areas showing up very well.