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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alexis Powell" data-source="post: 1433172" data-attributes="member: 5327">It's wonderful! I don't digiscope, but I wear glasses and this one works better than my old eyepiece because it has more eye-relief and is wider in diameter (blocks light from sides better).  I've been intrigued by this eyepiece for a long time because it is, I think, the only totally new fixed power Fieldscope  eyepiece design/optical formula in over a decade, but until now I was able to resist buying it because its advantages over my older 30x WF (model with folding eyecup that preceeded the still current MC version) are not of practical significance.  Besides the longer eye-relief, it has better off-axis sharpness (less astigmatism and field curvature) which is undoubtedly quite important for digiscoping.  On the practical downside, this eyepiece is so huge compared to my older 30x, it barely fits inside the case for the scope (it doesn't fit with rubber lens cap installed). It is impressive to behold, and makes my whole 78ED scope look more impressive if you're used to the appearances of modern alpha scopes with their enormous eyepieces in comparison to the old Nikon standard.--APP.S. Michael--glad you like the zoom. Yeah, I'd like to see cheap 82 ED bodies too! Keep an eye out for possible deals now that the new 85 ED Fieldscopes are coming.  But I'm crying for the (I presume) loss of the old 60 and 82 ED scopes which while not cheap, became a bargain next to the competition due to flat prices over the past 10 years as everyone else's went up.  The new Nikon 85 ED is something like $3300, whereas you can get the 82ED for ~$1300.  To anyone who's been holding off, get the old 60 or 82 ED while you still can!Graham--there are still super deals on the 20-45x and 20-60x zooms, and the 40/60/75x MC eyepieces, but that's all.  The old 20/25x is actually a simple but very nice eyepiece despite having a slightly narrower FOV than the WF/MC/DS equivalents, but I'm not sure what it would do on the ED50 as a 16x. <a href="http://www.adorama.com/catalog.tpl?op=itemlist&cat1=Binoculars%20%26%20Telescopes&cat2=Spotting%20Scopes%20and%20Accessories&cat3=Spotting%20Scope%20Eyepieces" target="_blank">http://www.adorama.com/catalog.tpl?op=itemlist&cat1=Binoculars & Telescopes&cat2=Spotting Scopes and Accessories&cat3=Spotting Scope Eyepieces</a></blockquote>

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