safaridreaming
Well-known member
I recently got my 30x fixed FL eyepiece and have been going back and forth between this and my 25-50x eyepiece on the Swaro spotter.
On the 25-50x, there is no place to grip the eyepiece when disconnecting it from the body of the scope - you have to rotate the zoom barrel all the way to one end then continue gripping this barrel to twist the eyepiece to disconnect from the scope (with the locking tab pressed ofcourse).
Same with reconnecting it and locking it - you have to rotate the zoom barrel the other way to the end of its range then continue twisting the eyepiece beyond this range to lock it in place...
I wanted to know if this detrimentally impacts the eyepiece at all? Is there a chance of damaging the rotating barrel by continuing to twist is beyond its range to lock/unlock the eyepiece from the scope?
Ideally I'd like to keep the one eyepiece in place all the time but i find the 30x really comfortable to view through, however when i'm sea-viewing I prefer the additional reach a zoom lens provides.
cheers
Jeelan
On the 25-50x, there is no place to grip the eyepiece when disconnecting it from the body of the scope - you have to rotate the zoom barrel all the way to one end then continue gripping this barrel to twist the eyepiece to disconnect from the scope (with the locking tab pressed ofcourse).
Same with reconnecting it and locking it - you have to rotate the zoom barrel the other way to the end of its range then continue twisting the eyepiece beyond this range to lock it in place...
I wanted to know if this detrimentally impacts the eyepiece at all? Is there a chance of damaging the rotating barrel by continuing to twist is beyond its range to lock/unlock the eyepiece from the scope?
Ideally I'd like to keep the one eyepiece in place all the time but i find the 30x really comfortable to view through, however when i'm sea-viewing I prefer the additional reach a zoom lens provides.
cheers
Jeelan