Scope I.D (1 Viewer)

[brillo]

can anyone help ID this scope please ?

I recently bought it from ebay . The seller was selling it and didn't know either as she was clearing her recently passed fathers stuff, who was the scope owner.
The objective lense is about 80mm
The zoom says 15x45 & 20x60 so not sure which one it is ?
I'm a total scope newbie so hope you guys can help with this ��

 

[PYRTLE]

I think it is a Nikon Spotting scope, circa early 2000, definitely not a Fieldscope. A budget offering on sale around the time that the original Fieldscope Mk1 were out and the newer MkIi were introduced.

 

[brillo]

Thanks for that info Pat. Would you know about the two different zoom ranges it has ?

Dave

 

[PYRTLE]

Yes, there were two sizes of Spotting Scope, an 80 mm objective and a smaller size, perhaps 65 or 60 mm. The one zoom fitted both bodies, the higher range figures for the larger objective, accordingly the lower for the smaller objective.

 

[henry link]

This budget scope series was called Sky and Earth in the US. It was later than the Fieldscope I, around the late 90s to the early 2000s. The smaller one was 60mm.

 

[PYRTLE]

And though the fluid head that the scope is fixed to says Swarovski, this is in fact a rebadged Manfrotto 128rc2 on a set of Manfrotto legs - sturdy bit of kit. Hope you enjoy the telescope.

 

[normjackson]

In UK known as Nikon RA80

 

[brillo]

Thanks guys ��