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Swaro doubler with a phone scope on a tripod works fantastic.
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Hmmmm, that doubler fit the EL binos?
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I would get a Pentax PF 65 ED II and put a Pentax SMC XW 14 fixed lens on it. The XW lens is one of the best in the world and because the Pentax has the standard 1.25 astronomical mount you can use many different lenses with it.Small compact large field of view really love mine.The XW 14 is about 28 power magnification.
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Speaking of high end spotting scopes has anyone been able to look through the new Nightforce spotting scopes ?
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Speaking of high end spotting scopes has anyone been able to look through the new Nightforce spotting scopes ?
It's a rebranded meopta spotter, nothing special.
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I've never seen a fixed 60 power eyepiece. I have owned both the Vortex Razor 16-48x65 and the 20-60x85. Top notch glass for the $, the 16-48x65 is half the price of a Swarovski ATS 20-60x60 and I've had them side by side - not that much difference to my eyes
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28 power is a bit skinny for sheep country, nightforce is 5.25#. Razor 20-60x80mm just over 4#, 16-48x65 right at 3# might do the trick but only has an extra 8x on my leu. Never seen a fixed 60x myself either yet.
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Why not a zoom? 20-60X covers the times that the mirage or other conditions (like winds bouncing the scope around) don't allow decent 60X viewing. You also gain more field of view and light to help locate things at the lower powers, then can zoom up to what atmospheric and weather conditions allow to count rings and gauge curl. That said I have a couple of fixed power spotting scopes that are very clear and work fine, one is 20X and the other is 27X, but both see very limited duty compared with the 20-60X scope.
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My ATS 20-60X65 with case weighs in at 3 lb / 8¼ oz. Another 2 lb / 6 oz for the tripod.
Don't know if a fixed power would be much lighter even if you could find one. And if you did, you would be wishing you had a variable.
Now is not a good time to be buying optics. Prices are at least 25% higher than earlier given the CAN$ value against foreign currencies.