wdc
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Scope mavens, Alan French recently mentioned the idea of testing out a scope and eyepiece setup to make sure it works with eye glasses. I have owned a Leica Televid 65 for a few months, and find the eye relief reasonable. By that I mean I can push my eyeglasses against the eyepiece and see the whole field, whether at 25 or 50x. I might wish it was a bit longer, but it does work.
I have been out birding in the past, and looked through other's scopes (prior to looking more critically at them, as one does when they finally own one) and have seen 'better' eye relief, which I believe were on Kowas. I'm aware there's probably a lot of variables in terms of different eyepieces and scope aperture/focal length combinations.
My basic question:
What scopes and scope/eyepiece combos offer the best eye relief? and conversely, which ones offer the least, or the worst? And when I say 'worst', I mean not glasses friendly, that's all. I'm aware that those setups might be ideal for non-eyeglass wearers. Thanks.
-Bill
I have been out birding in the past, and looked through other's scopes (prior to looking more critically at them, as one does when they finally own one) and have seen 'better' eye relief, which I believe were on Kowas. I'm aware there's probably a lot of variables in terms of different eyepieces and scope aperture/focal length combinations.
My basic question:
What scopes and scope/eyepiece combos offer the best eye relief? and conversely, which ones offer the least, or the worst? And when I say 'worst', I mean not glasses friendly, that's all. I'm aware that those setups might be ideal for non-eyeglass wearers. Thanks.
-Bill
