Hi All,
aside from birding I enjoy looking at mammals. Mammals are often crepuscular, and thus I use either 10x56 or 8x42 binoculars to observe them. I also have a Swaro STS 65 HD with the 25-50 wide zoom. My problem with the spotter is that is is nowhere as bright as the binos (which is not a surprise just by calculating the pupil size). Nevertheless I was wondering whether anybody had direct experience comparing the 25-50 wide zoom to the fixed 30x SW eyepiece, in case the fixed 30 is brighter than the zoom, especially in fading light. If that is the case it might be worth for me to get a used fixed eyepiece for twilight spotting (I mentioned the 30 because the 45 would be darker and greater reach means nothing if cannot see...).
Cheers
aside from birding I enjoy looking at mammals. Mammals are often crepuscular, and thus I use either 10x56 or 8x42 binoculars to observe them. I also have a Swaro STS 65 HD with the 25-50 wide zoom. My problem with the spotter is that is is nowhere as bright as the binos (which is not a surprise just by calculating the pupil size). Nevertheless I was wondering whether anybody had direct experience comparing the 25-50 wide zoom to the fixed 30x SW eyepiece, in case the fixed 30 is brighter than the zoom, especially in fading light. If that is the case it might be worth for me to get a used fixed eyepiece for twilight spotting (I mentioned the 30 because the 45 would be darker and greater reach means nothing if cannot see...).
Cheers