william j clive
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Unable to go birding last Saturday I messed around with my optics. Tried using my Swarovski 2x Booster on the scope and was getting 76x on the 38x eyepiece just by holding the booster against the eyepiece. I also have a 75x eyepiece which gave 150x with the booster. I then tried a 7x binocular against a 25x eypiece resulting in 175x. Repeating this on the other two eyepieces gave mags of 266x and 525x!
Needless to say, with each increase in mag whether using the booster or binocular, the brightness and resolution diminished markedly and shake increased in ratio. Probably the best usable combination was the 25x eyepiece combined with one tube of a Canon 10x30 IS giving 250x. With the stabilisation button depressed on the Canon the image was reasonably stable but quite dark.
Dont know whether I should have posted this on the scope forum, or whether anyone will find it of interest. And anyway, none of it is of any real practical use. I think I will stop there!
Clive Jones.
Needless to say, with each increase in mag whether using the booster or binocular, the brightness and resolution diminished markedly and shake increased in ratio. Probably the best usable combination was the 25x eyepiece combined with one tube of a Canon 10x30 IS giving 250x. With the stabilisation button depressed on the Canon the image was reasonably stable but quite dark.
Dont know whether I should have posted this on the scope forum, or whether anyone will find it of interest. And anyway, none of it is of any real practical use. I think I will stop there!
Clive Jones.
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