spottingtoad
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Hi everyone
Thinking about digiscoping with a Pentax 65ed scope, so I am looking for a nice eyepiece and have many doubts.
I haver read that the best eyepiece would be the Pentax XW 20mm but it's very expensive. I have looked at the 17mm Baader hyperion, I know that it has a thread to mount the camera with the proper rings, same as the pentax. Is the BH 17mm recommended for digiscoping or are there better choices?
I have read that the xf 6.5-19.5mm zoom (20-60x) eyepiece is not so good. I don't intend to go further than 40x, stay at 20x most of the time, but I would prefer a zoom rather than a 20x or 25x fixed eyepiece. So is the XF zoom much worse at 20x than the 17mm Baader?
Is there any other better zoom that woud focus to infinity and give better quality up to 40x, and also easy to attach to the camera? I think that eye relief and FOV wouldn't be too important if I am going to digiscope, but I'm not sure about this.
I know that the Nikon 16-24-30x DS is a very nice eyepiece and needs a digiscoping adapter, but can it be used with the Pentax scope, or would I need an adapter to fit the scope? Would this eyepiece be better than other fixed eyepieces?
And last question regarding fixed or zoom eyepiece... what do you think it would give better quality: a fixed eyepiece and zoom camera lens, or a good zoom eyepiece and fixed prime lens?
Many thanks in advance
Thinking about digiscoping with a Pentax 65ed scope, so I am looking for a nice eyepiece and have many doubts.
I haver read that the best eyepiece would be the Pentax XW 20mm but it's very expensive. I have looked at the 17mm Baader hyperion, I know that it has a thread to mount the camera with the proper rings, same as the pentax. Is the BH 17mm recommended for digiscoping or are there better choices?
I have read that the xf 6.5-19.5mm zoom (20-60x) eyepiece is not so good. I don't intend to go further than 40x, stay at 20x most of the time, but I would prefer a zoom rather than a 20x or 25x fixed eyepiece. So is the XF zoom much worse at 20x than the 17mm Baader?
Is there any other better zoom that woud focus to infinity and give better quality up to 40x, and also easy to attach to the camera? I think that eye relief and FOV wouldn't be too important if I am going to digiscope, but I'm not sure about this.
I know that the Nikon 16-24-30x DS is a very nice eyepiece and needs a digiscoping adapter, but can it be used with the Pentax scope, or would I need an adapter to fit the scope? Would this eyepiece be better than other fixed eyepieces?
And last question regarding fixed or zoom eyepiece... what do you think it would give better quality: a fixed eyepiece and zoom camera lens, or a good zoom eyepiece and fixed prime lens?
Many thanks in advance