new leica zoom? (1 Viewer)

Hello,

Has anyone tried the mark2 leica zoom yet for digiscoping
does the longer eye relief make much difference?
Thanks
Pete.

hi pete,
i took delivery of a leica 62 apo with the new zoom on 2-27. this zoom gives 16x-48x with the small body. i did a lot of shooting with my cp4500 2-28 at 16,20,24x and the results were very good. vignetting is not a problem and the eyepiece is sharp edge to edge. sorry i can't compare it to the old zoom but i see no reason to use fixed eyepiece instead of this one. the field of view is larger also (lieca says).
cheers,
richard bledsoe
san diego,ca.

Richard ... What focal length were you using on the CP4500?

wgmorg,
i use from about 17-24mm camera focal length usually. i experienced soft focus with my old scope when using too much magnification. today i shot some red-crowned parrots with 30x scope zoom and 21.20mm camera focal lenght with good results. this eyepiece looks like a winner.
regards,
richard