Greetings!
First of all, let me say that as someone relatively new to the world of digiscoping, this forum has been immensely helpful! So many of my questions have been answered just by browsing through the board.
Now on to my question:
I have a Pentax 80 with the zoom eyepiece and a Coolpix 4500. Overall I am quite pleased with the scope, with one major exception. DO NOT be fooled by the Pentax factory claim of 22mm of eye relief for the zoom eyepiece. No matter what zoom level the eypiece is set at, it does not come close to this distance. This has led to an unsatisfactory amount (at least for me) of vignetting. I tried fiddling with various adapters, but have decided to go with a different eyepiece instead.
I've narrowed it down to the William Optics DCL 28 (which already has 28mm thread rings for the Nikon camera) and the Maxview 40 Pentax variant. The William's eyepiece will give me 21X magnification, while the Scopetronix will get me 12.6X.
Is there anyone out there who has had experience with one or the other (or both) who could give me some more insight? I'm leaning toward the William's because its about $90 less, and has the 28mm threads.
Any opinions/advice would be greatly appreciated.
Michael Smith
Gallatin, TN
USA
First of all, let me say that as someone relatively new to the world of digiscoping, this forum has been immensely helpful! So many of my questions have been answered just by browsing through the board.
Now on to my question:
I have a Pentax 80 with the zoom eyepiece and a Coolpix 4500. Overall I am quite pleased with the scope, with one major exception. DO NOT be fooled by the Pentax factory claim of 22mm of eye relief for the zoom eyepiece. No matter what zoom level the eypiece is set at, it does not come close to this distance. This has led to an unsatisfactory amount (at least for me) of vignetting. I tried fiddling with various adapters, but have decided to go with a different eyepiece instead.
I've narrowed it down to the William Optics DCL 28 (which already has 28mm thread rings for the Nikon camera) and the Maxview 40 Pentax variant. The William's eyepiece will give me 21X magnification, while the Scopetronix will get me 12.6X.
Is there anyone out there who has had experience with one or the other (or both) who could give me some more insight? I'm leaning toward the William's because its about $90 less, and has the 28mm threads.
Any opinions/advice would be greatly appreciated.
Michael Smith
Gallatin, TN
USA