ID this opticron scope pls?. (1 Viewer)

alan_rymer said:

I wanted a small cheap straight scope to rest on the sills of the local hide, rather than stand with my ES80 on a tripod.

I found this scope on the well known aution site and bid for it and won it for £37, there was no description, just a photo. Received it tonight.
I thought it was a Classic IF MT-60 when I bid, but its not!.
Here's a photo, and my description.
Metal scope, 60mm optics, made in japan with Opticron label immediately underneath the eyepiece on the the flat area. Zoom 20-60 eyepiece that screws on via a collar, like the HDF zoom does ( but smaller diameter thread). eyepiece is also labelled for a 50mm scope 16-40. Zoom distance setting viewable through a cutout in the eyepiece barrel. There is an outer thread ( possibly for an eyepiece cover ) that takes my HDF zoom. There is an inner thread that is the diameter of fixed HDF eyepiece threads, but with a different type of thread. Lenghth of the scope minus eyepiece is about 10.5 inches. Optically it looks perfect. Looking at the stars handheld looks O.K.

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pduxon said:

you could email opticron........

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seawatcher said:

Hi there!

It's an Opticron HR60. There are a lot of them about, although I think Opticron stopped making them a couple of years ago. Not waterproof, but robust - you could drive a Landrover over it (please don't actually try it!). There are 2 versions - one with metric threads, the other (older version) with imperial threads. If your HDF lens also screws onto the scope, you have got a newer (metric) version of the scope. The zoom it came with isn't up to much - it magnifies, but it's hopeless if you wear glasses.

Enjoy your new scope.

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alan_rymer said:

I wanted a small cheap straight scope to rest on the sills of the local hide, rather than stand with my ES80 on a tripod.

I found this scope on the well known aution site and bid for it and won it for £37, there was no description, just a photo. Received it tonight.
I thought it was a Classic IF MT-60 when I bid, but its not!.
Here's a photo, and my description.
Metal scope, 60mm optics, made in japan with Opticron label immediately underneath the eyepiece on the the flat area. Zoom 20-60 eyepiece that screws on via a collar, like the HDF zoom does ( but smaller diameter thread). eyepiece is also labelled for a 50mm scope 16-40. Zoom distance setting viewable through a cutout in the eyepiece barrel. There is an outer thread ( possibly for an eyepiece cover ) that takes my HDF zoom. There is an inner thread that is the diameter of fixed HDF eyepiece threads, but with a different type of thread. Lenghth of the scope minus eyepiece is about 10.5 inches. Optically it looks perfect. Looking at the stars handheld looks O.K.

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matt green said:

Hi Alan

I actually had one of these, I've never really got on with scopes so sold it to another member.The optics on these however are absolutely marvelous!

..and yes, you probably could drive over one in a landrover and not damage it!

Regarding the HDF eyepieces, you can actually buy an adapter for this scope
for about a fiver that enables it to be used with the fixed wide angle HDF lenses.You can get these from cleyspy.

Matt

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