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Message: <blockquote data-quote="iporali" data-source="post: 1385568" data-attributes="member: 2925">Actually, the Zeiss Photoscope may be based on THE design concepts that eventually are able to give us *everything* that we diverse (& difficult) scope users have been wanting. I hate the Photo-part of this prototype, but the Photoscope is basically a spotting scope, which has a fixed wide-angled eyepiece and a 3x variable objective. By using two different fixed eyepieces it should be easily possible to cover the range 15-45x for the wide-angle-hungry digiscopers and, say, 30-90x for those who like to analyze aberrations... oops, I mean... need power <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />. And all this without sacrificing AFOV or ER! And if we go even further, I can't see any reasons why they couldn't put a flip-out 2x barlow inside the barrel, which would create a scope that shows the entire true FOV of the objective and quite close to the maximal useful power without any need of changing eyepieces - and with a constant, eyeglass-friendly ER and constantly wide apparent FOV. Now that would be a scope to dream of. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />In the meantime I am very happy that Nikon finally brought an excellent selection of bayonet-mounted wide-angled eyepieces with fantastic ER. Maybe the design will not win beauty contests and I understand the disappointment of Henry and Kimmo for the loss of optically elegant reversal prism, but I think the straight scope body is an advantage for most users (who still don't use the cable-tie aiming systems). I am also quite sure that the new prism and wider eyepiece mount open new possibilities for Nikon to develop eyepieces further.Best regards,Ilkka :t:</blockquote>

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