FrankD
Well-known member
Just out of curiousity, has anyone attempted to mate a binocular eyepiece with a spotting scope?
Here is the story....
I was "refurbishing" a classic porro that I picked up on the bay a few weeks ago. It had collimation issues and was quite dirty internally. I took the entire binocular apart, including all of the individual lenses for the eyepiece. When I reassembled it I was struck by the realization of just how similar the eyepiece design was to many of the 1.25 inch astro eyepieces I had disassembled for cleaning...not only the lens arrangement but also the size of this particular eyepiece in relation to a 1.25 inch astro unit.
So, I think I may experiment with this issue a bit over the next few days. I have several classic porros that are in the "project drawer" and are worth experimenting on. I will certainly post my findings but am curious if anyone else has tried this in the past.
Comments and suggestions are certainly welcome.
Here is the story....
I was "refurbishing" a classic porro that I picked up on the bay a few weeks ago. It had collimation issues and was quite dirty internally. I took the entire binocular apart, including all of the individual lenses for the eyepiece. When I reassembled it I was struck by the realization of just how similar the eyepiece design was to many of the 1.25 inch astro eyepieces I had disassembled for cleaning...not only the lens arrangement but also the size of this particular eyepiece in relation to a 1.25 inch astro unit.
So, I think I may experiment with this issue a bit over the next few days. I have several classic porros that are in the "project drawer" and are worth experimenting on. I will certainly post my findings but am curious if anyone else has tried this in the past.
Comments and suggestions are certainly welcome.