Good Evening,
I am new to this forum - I have been browsing it for information about spotting scopes.
I have read a lot and have decided I would like to purchase the MM4 60 mm angled scope when money permits. I will use it primarily for archery - viewing where the arrows land on the target and distinguishing my arrows from competitors arrows. For this, i need to be able to see the small fletchings and plastic coloured nocks very clearly at distances up to 100yd/90m. I also need to use it at 30m distance.
I currently use a barr & stroud sierra 80mm scope (20-60x mag) which is pretty good (for the price) but is difficult to distinguish between arrows at long distance. I usually leave it at 20x mag due to it being not so clearly foccused at high mag and also the drop in brightness.
I like the idea of having the high quality optics of the mm4 and SDL 2 as the reduced CA will significantly help in arrow identification. However, I would like the ability to zoom beyond the 45x of this eyepiece.
It looks like I have two options to achieve this:
1. 2x Universal Tele Adaptor on the SDL v2 - giving 30-90x magnification.
or
2. 72x mag eyepiece (40861)
My questions are:
Have any of you had experience with either of these set ups and what are they like?
Does the UTA darken the image?
As i need to adjust between 90m down to 30m during a conpetition, the 72x eyepiece wouldnt be suitable for the close range as its too zoomed in - which may be a problem for me!
Also, does anyone know if there is anywhere in the southampton / portsmouth area where I could check these out?
Many thanks for your help!!
James
I am new to this forum - I have been browsing it for information about spotting scopes.
I have read a lot and have decided I would like to purchase the MM4 60 mm angled scope when money permits. I will use it primarily for archery - viewing where the arrows land on the target and distinguishing my arrows from competitors arrows. For this, i need to be able to see the small fletchings and plastic coloured nocks very clearly at distances up to 100yd/90m. I also need to use it at 30m distance.
I currently use a barr & stroud sierra 80mm scope (20-60x mag) which is pretty good (for the price) but is difficult to distinguish between arrows at long distance. I usually leave it at 20x mag due to it being not so clearly foccused at high mag and also the drop in brightness.
I like the idea of having the high quality optics of the mm4 and SDL 2 as the reduced CA will significantly help in arrow identification. However, I would like the ability to zoom beyond the 45x of this eyepiece.
It looks like I have two options to achieve this:
1. 2x Universal Tele Adaptor on the SDL v2 - giving 30-90x magnification.
or
2. 72x mag eyepiece (40861)
My questions are:
Have any of you had experience with either of these set ups and what are they like?
Does the UTA darken the image?
As i need to adjust between 90m down to 30m during a conpetition, the 72x eyepiece wouldnt be suitable for the close range as its too zoomed in - which may be a problem for me!
Also, does anyone know if there is anywhere in the southampton / portsmouth area where I could check these out?
Many thanks for your help!!
James