Vespobuteo
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Nikons new super-light and compact Phase Fresnel 300mm f/4 lens makes me wonder if it would be a good idea to make a spotting scope with the same technology?
Nikons PF-lens is 50% lighter and 30% shorter than the original lens.
So it would probably be possible to produce a 85mm scope + eye piece weighing less than 1000 grams and also being very compact.
CA suppression is said to be very good in the nikon PF-lens, important also in a spotting scope.
Until now it's only canon and nikon that have made these kind of optic commercially?? so I guess a new Nikon scope is the most likely.
But I guess anyone (who knows optics) could do this.
What do you think? Possible? What would the image quality be?
Nikons PF-lens is 50% lighter and 30% shorter than the original lens.
So it would probably be possible to produce a 85mm scope + eye piece weighing less than 1000 grams and also being very compact.
CA suppression is said to be very good in the nikon PF-lens, important also in a spotting scope.
Until now it's only canon and nikon that have made these kind of optic commercially?? so I guess a new Nikon scope is the most likely.
But I guess anyone (who knows optics) could do this.
What do you think? Possible? What would the image quality be?