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    Attaching a Red Dot Finder OVER a stay-on spotting scope case

    Attaching a Red Dot Finder OVER a stay-on spotting scope case I've always liked the stay-on cases that come with Pentax PF spotting scopes. These provide protection, yet allow quick and easy deployment with zippers and velcro - even providing a pocket in the objective-lens-covering flap to hold...
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    Prism modified RDF for ergonomic aiming angled spotting scopes

    About 5 years ago there was some information and discussion on this forum regarding the use of Red Dot Finders (RDF's) to aid in precision aiming higher powered spotting scopes. A couple of members from Germany had particularly good ideas about this. Recently, I've developed a prism angled...
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    Baader Morpheus eyepieces on sale

    The Baader Morpheus eyepiece sale ($175 US each rather than $239) has been ongoing for some time, but ends in two more weeks on May 15, 2018. I thought I'd better give this "heads-up" reminder lest some of you might miss out. The Morpheus series are all standard 1.25" barrel diameter and so...
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    Shoulder Stock for Nikon ED50 Angled Spotting Scope

    For relatively low power (12-24x), wide field scope viewing, a simple shoulder stock holding a small spotting scope can be a good option. It is easy to carry, handy to use, much faster to point at a bird than a tripod mounted scope, and steadier than handheld high magnification binoculars. The...
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    Hiking Pole Tripod for Ultimate "Lightweight Carry" with the Nikon ED50

    If you carry the featherweight Nikon ED50 spotting scope and hike with companions who use the increasingly popular adjustable hiking poles on your outings, you may want to consider additional weight savings by using a hiking pole tripod rather than carrying a standard tripod to mount your scope...
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    Adapting 1.25" Astronomy Eyepieces to the Nikon ED50

    Owners of the little Nikon ED50 spotting scope who want wider fields than zoom eyepieces provide and do not have a full assortment of the hard-to-find Nikon wide field fixed focal length eyepieces may want to adapt astronomy eyepieces to their scope. An excellent post suggesting this was made by...
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    Closeout spotter for $39.99!

    This is just a "heads up" for those of you who might be scopeless or have friends who bird with binoculars only and want to "test the waters" of spotting scope usage with absolute minimal cost. The website is...
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    Carry a Tripod Along by Adding Just 3 Extra Ounces! (85 g)

    I’d like to share an idea for one of the lightest possible ways to have a nice tripod available on hikes where birding with handheld binoculars or perhaps long distance hiking are the main activities. Backpackers and older day-hiker birders (I am one) usually seek to minimize the weight they...
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    Closeout high quality eyepiece case

    One of the nice things about Pentax PF spotting scopes is the ability to use fixed FL standard 1 1/4" diameter eyepieces. These typically have a much wider field and provide a better view than most zoom eyepieces, but pose the small problem of carrying the extra oculars. I happened across a high...
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    Modifying a low cost Barlow lens for use with the Pentax PF-EDAII spotting scope

    In another thread in this section, Bjorn, who uses a Pentax XW 14 mm eyepiece in his Pentax PF-65EDAII spotter, posted a question about whether or not folks would recommend obtaining a Pentax 10 mm XW eyepiece for occasional higher power views. In my opinion, IF cost, weight, and bulk are NOT...
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    2 inch barrel dia. eyepiece for Pentax scopes - Caution, long post

    Obtaining the widest true field with Pentax spotting scopes I originally posted about this in the “Cloudy Days & Microscopes” forum of the “Cloudy Nights” astronomy site. When David Rodriguez posted on the Birdforum site about using 100˚ eyepieces in Pentax and other spotting scopes, I posted a...
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