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ZEISS DTI thermal imaging cameras. For more discoveries at night, and during the day.

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A Hawke Nature Trek 80mm ED spotter with a 20-60 eyepiece and a Sony T2 mount for my Alpha 33 SLT.

Did my research and decided the Hawkes looked the best of the price Range sub £400 ish..

The guys at LCE Derby - were very helpful - the shop was quiet 'cos all the punters were hamming it up for the Royal Wedding
:king: :gh: :kiss: B :)

First I tried a Hawke Frontier 80mm ED - the focus mechanism was amazing but the image quality was awful - very bad chromatic aberration - I deliberately looked at chimney line with bright sky behind it. The red chimneys looked Yellow and Blue! not very impressed at all.
Then a Nature trek 80mm non ED - which was actually better than the Frontier ED! - still not good enough to digiscope with.
Finally the Nature trek 80mm ED - completely different excellent image sharp and bright with virtually no CA even looking the purposefully CA prone chimney vs bright sky scene.
So I bought it. :t:

Had a wee play at home to discover the Tek Trek magball head I use on my Manfrotto Tripod isn't teddy enough for the job - too wobbly. :-C So, tomorrow gotta buy a new MF ball head.. Will write a review on the 'scope when I've had a good chance to evaluate it fully.

Anyone interested? :scribe:

So far only complaint is severe vignetting throught the camera at less than 30X mag - so not much of problem ;)
 
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