Martin Fagg
Guest
Hi everyone,
Has anyone got experience of this scope?
The reason I ask is that I have an Opticron GS665ED and SDL zoom and recently I have been thinking I’d like a bit more reach for distant waders and a bit more light gathering for early mornings.
As I already have the an Opticron eyepiece, it makes sense to buy another Opticron scope with an 80mm objective. The SDL zoom is 18-54x with my current scope and 24-72x with an 80mm one.
So the question is:
Has anyone tried the latest model HR 80 ED and, if so, how do you rate it?
I see that Kikkertspecialisten rate it so well that it is only surpassed by the Kowa TSN-883 and Swarovski ARS 80 HD. This makes it very tempting considering that it would cost me £1500 to buy the Swaro & zoom but only £700 to buy the Opticron HR80 ED and soc.
The only thing that worries me is the narrower field of view that I would have to get used to. At the moment I get 40-22m per 1000m. With the HR80 ED, I’d only have 29-16m per 1000m. I am concerned that this may be problem for woodland birding but I guess I could always get a 27x fixed e/p with 39m per 1000m if I felt I needed it. Or do you think I would adjust to the narrower fov?
Anyone got any thoughts?
I can’t afford to keep the GS665 if I do get the HR80, by the way. One scope at a time for me.
All the best,
Martin.
Has anyone got experience of this scope?
The reason I ask is that I have an Opticron GS665ED and SDL zoom and recently I have been thinking I’d like a bit more reach for distant waders and a bit more light gathering for early mornings.
As I already have the an Opticron eyepiece, it makes sense to buy another Opticron scope with an 80mm objective. The SDL zoom is 18-54x with my current scope and 24-72x with an 80mm one.
So the question is:
Has anyone tried the latest model HR 80 ED and, if so, how do you rate it?
I see that Kikkertspecialisten rate it so well that it is only surpassed by the Kowa TSN-883 and Swarovski ARS 80 HD. This makes it very tempting considering that it would cost me £1500 to buy the Swaro & zoom but only £700 to buy the Opticron HR80 ED and soc.
The only thing that worries me is the narrower field of view that I would have to get used to. At the moment I get 40-22m per 1000m. With the HR80 ED, I’d only have 29-16m per 1000m. I am concerned that this may be problem for woodland birding but I guess I could always get a 27x fixed e/p with 39m per 1000m if I felt I needed it. Or do you think I would adjust to the narrower fov?
Anyone got any thoughts?
I can’t afford to keep the GS665 if I do get the HR80, by the way. One scope at a time for me.
All the best,
Martin.