Apple + Mag Views' Answer to the BTX or Any Long Duration Viewing (1 Viewer)

[dwever]

While I've used the BTX on board a 115 and 85, I just don't like it. It 1. eliminates zoom, 2. is massive, 3. looks like a weather station, 4. costs the same as a good electric bike, and 5. offers some eyestrain relief for folks untrained by say law enforcement or the military in using a single eye solution such as the ATX over extended periods of time.

Here's a hack for using spotting scopes for duration I was just presented with: Pair your ATX or STX to a Mag View (magnet based) and use your iPhone 14 ProMax 6.7" OLED display with a super-high resolution of 1290 x 2796 for a crystal clear spotting scope digital monitor. For many this could be a preferable method to any other long-term viewing approach when watching a bear or an eagle at 600 yards for an hour. But if you have your BTX, the 25X or 30X likely will not be enough magnification.

 

[DRodrigues]

While I've used the BTX on board a 115 and 85, I just don't like it. It 1. eliminates zoom, 2. is massive, 3. looks like a weather station, 4. costs the same as a good electric bike, and 5. offers some eyestrain relief for folks untrained by say law enforcement or the military in using a single eye solution such as the ATX over extended periods of time.

Here's a hack for using spotting scopes for duration I was just presented with: Pair your ATX or STX to a Mag View (magnet based) and use your iPhone 14 ProMax 6.7" OLED display with a super-high resolution of 1290 x 2796 for a crystal clear spotting scope digital monitor. For many this could be a preferable method to any other long-term viewing approach when watching a bear or an eagle at 600 yards for an hour. But if you have your BTX, the 25X or 30X likely will not be enough magnification.

No screen has the image quality of looking through an eyepiece or two from Swaro or similar quality! However, I agree with you that one of the limitations of the BTX is that it doesn't zoom.
If you prefer to look at a screen get a superzoom camera and you will be saving costs, dimensions and weight... I know these don't have so big screens.

 

[wllmspd]

Swarovski do a magnifier to boost the BTX magnification if you’re wanting more power. I find intend to run my optics at a fixed power with only occasional want for more or less power. I rarely try attaching a camera to my optics as the detail is much better with the eye view, especially with two eyes together.

Peter

 

[dwever]

1. The hack was presented for duration viewing, and used an example of an hour, the response comments seem to ignore that, instead commenting for general use which was not the point.

2. Akagera National Park, Rwanda, African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer), 2016. Detail is not always necessarily better with the eye. It was not known there were seven other birds in the view until reviewed on a screen. Taken w/ iPhone 7 Plus. #embracethe21stcent.

 

[forent]

(...) Pair your ATX or STX to a Mag View (magnet based) and use your iPhone 14 ProMax 6.7" OLED display with a super-high resolution of 1290 x 2796 for a crystal clear spotting scope digital monitor. (...)

Sorry, but Google didn't help: What is a Mag View? Something like a phonescoping adapter?

 

[dwever]

Home - MagView

Streamline the way you capture content with the all-new premium digiscoping phone scope solutions brought to you by MagView Gear.

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[forent]

Thanks, dwever!