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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alexis Powell" data-source="post: 1430582" data-attributes="member: 5327">I use 30x fixed for 95+% of my scoping.  I find the wide FOV makes it easy to point the scope, and the DOF is great enough for easy focus.  If 30x is too much, I switch to my binos. What problem are you encountering? Maybe with digiscoping large birds? I use my scope only for viewing. Or is it a stability issue--perhaps you need a better tripod and/or head?I've not had interest in lower magnifications and I've not heard of anyone adapting a telescope eyepiece.  If you did, you'd have to go with one of the little .965 inch ones because the ED82 won't accept the larger diameter standards. I don't think you'd find anything with a wider FOV than the 30x DS, I'm not sure what advantage the lower power would offer.The only eyepiece that I know of that was available as MCI and then II is the 25-75x zoom.  My recollection is that the MCI suffers from a bit of ring halo around the sides of the view, but the zoom ring is wider and easier to use. Neither has very good eyerelief for glasses.  Both have a narrow field of view in comparison to the fixed eyepieces.  I use an MCII grudgingly on those rare occasions when I want to try higher powers with my big scope because my 50x WA now lives on my 50ED as a 27x. --AP</blockquote>