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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 1666648" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>Having A lens filter on a camera is A good thing at times when It is to bright, but in poor light It makes the performance of the camera less than desirable. The same thing happens with scopes if you add filters in poor light.</p><p></p><p>I have tried filters on spotting scopes when you have to set up facing the sun or a sunlit slope and they are very good in these situations. But in poor light they can be detrimental. Shooting target matches using optics we sometimes had to use a sun shade that extended beyond the Objective lens 3 or 4 inches, that way the Hood did not reduce the light gathering ability of the scope. The old Red field Wide field had a reddish tint that was Ok until you got caught in a poor light situation then you were shut down. There are still a few blue tinted scopes that look great in the store with good light, But when the sun goes down they are the first to white out.</p><p></p><p>I'm not knocking the device, but the poster wanted a good poor light scope and anything that filters more light or glare takes away from the scopes ability to hunt later. </p><p></p><p>I once tried the lens caps that are see through and even the clear ones took away from the scopes light gathering ability and had to come off when the light went down.</p><p></p><p>The best way to see how well a scope gathers light is to set in your stand/blind and keep looking through it on max power. At some point</p><p>It will start to whit out. At that point you will have to turn the power down until It becomes clear again. keep doing this until the power is all the way down and if you have a good set of binoculars they will probable out last the scope because they are normally low power with big objective lens. This is also a good way to evaluate your binoculars.</p><p></p><p>With any kind of moonlight, a good scope will go beyond legal hunting hours.</p><p></p><p>Be careful when adding anything to a good scope because they were not designed for anything that could effect there light gathering rating. A good quality scope will hunt past a shooters ability.</p><p></p><p>Just saying</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 1666648, member: 2736"] Having A lens filter on a camera is A good thing at times when It is to bright, but in poor light It makes the performance of the camera less than desirable. The same thing happens with scopes if you add filters in poor light. I have tried filters on spotting scopes when you have to set up facing the sun or a sunlit slope and they are very good in these situations. But in poor light they can be detrimental. Shooting target matches using optics we sometimes had to use a sun shade that extended beyond the Objective lens 3 or 4 inches, that way the Hood did not reduce the light gathering ability of the scope. The old Red field Wide field had a reddish tint that was Ok until you got caught in a poor light situation then you were shut down. There are still a few blue tinted scopes that look great in the store with good light, But when the sun goes down they are the first to white out. I'm not knocking the device, but the poster wanted a good poor light scope and anything that filters more light or glare takes away from the scopes ability to hunt later. I once tried the lens caps that are see through and even the clear ones took away from the scopes light gathering ability and had to come off when the light went down. The best way to see how well a scope gathers light is to set in your stand/blind and keep looking through it on max power. At some point It will start to whit out. At that point you will have to turn the power down until It becomes clear again. keep doing this until the power is all the way down and if you have a good set of binoculars they will probable out last the scope because they are normally low power with big objective lens. This is also a good way to evaluate your binoculars. With any kind of moonlight, a good scope will go beyond legal hunting hours. Be careful when adding anything to a good scope because they were not designed for anything that could effect there light gathering rating. A good quality scope will hunt past a shooters ability. Just saying J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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