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Swarovski 20-60x, or 25-50x eye piece?
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<blockquote data-quote="NZ Longranger" data-source="post: 561264" data-attributes="member: 14"><p>Gary,</p><p>Oops, sorry Jacob if you're reading this. Its Gottfredson, not Gotfriedson.</p><p>Yes, I love the 80mm HD Swaro, and it does allow us to film through it and use plenty of magnification with either spotter or camera even in low light. And I've carried it on my back on climbs of around 8000' along with 2 weeks worth of food, camping gear and all our other camera gear, as well as trying to fit a rifle and ammo etc in somewhere! For this application in the Fiordland mountains, I think I'll be getting a 65mm HD. </p><p>On a really dull day you're quite right that the 30x will be superior to the zoom eyepieces, because you'll have to back them off to no more than 40x, and at that, the 30x fixed will give you more resolution. But my point was, there is plenty of occasions trophy hunting where the light is good enough to allow you to use the extra resolving power of the 50 and 60x zoom eyepieces.</p><p>If I was wanting a spotter mainly for back packing trophy hunting, I would get the 65mm HD with the 20-60x or 25-50x eyepiece. </p><p>If I thought the best low light performance was the most important, and I didn't think I was going to be trying to evaluate trophies at long range or carrying it too far, and wanted the most eyerelief, then I'd get the 80mm with the 30x fixed, especially if digiscoping was also a priority (taking still photos through the spotter).</p><p>As I do all of the above, I'm going to add a 65mm to my optics cupboard for the real wilderness trips, with either the 25-50x or the 30x fixed eyepieces, as I already have the 20-60x.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p>Greg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NZ Longranger, post: 561264, member: 14"] Gary, Oops, sorry Jacob if you're reading this. Its Gottfredson, not Gotfriedson. Yes, I love the 80mm HD Swaro, and it does allow us to film through it and use plenty of magnification with either spotter or camera even in low light. And I've carried it on my back on climbs of around 8000' along with 2 weeks worth of food, camping gear and all our other camera gear, as well as trying to fit a rifle and ammo etc in somewhere! For this application in the Fiordland mountains, I think I'll be getting a 65mm HD. On a really dull day you're quite right that the 30x will be superior to the zoom eyepieces, because you'll have to back them off to no more than 40x, and at that, the 30x fixed will give you more resolution. But my point was, there is plenty of occasions trophy hunting where the light is good enough to allow you to use the extra resolving power of the 50 and 60x zoom eyepieces. If I was wanting a spotter mainly for back packing trophy hunting, I would get the 65mm HD with the 20-60x or 25-50x eyepiece. If I thought the best low light performance was the most important, and I didn't think I was going to be trying to evaluate trophies at long range or carrying it too far, and wanted the most eyerelief, then I'd get the 80mm with the 30x fixed, especially if digiscoping was also a priority (taking still photos through the spotter). As I do all of the above, I'm going to add a 65mm to my optics cupboard for the real wilderness trips, with either the 25-50x or the 30x fixed eyepieces, as I already have the 20-60x.:):):) Greg [/QUOTE]
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