lee pseudogrammaton
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I just picked up a Vortex Viper 65mm spotter...
Quickly: The 18mm eye relief with the kit ep seemed marginal to me, but it *does* work with the 50mm "normal" lens on our DSLR. But it might not work with my daughter's Powershot G11.
So I find out, Vortex doesn't sell significantly better ep's for their Viper models, just significantly more expensive (a kit ep goes for $100).
Right, so looking at the Viper eyepiece mount, it's some proprietary collar that seats a standard 1.25" ep into the waterproof body. The collar & zoom ring are an extra 0.5" dia., threads onto the body's threaded mount, etc. Evidently it's all waterproofed.
So ... I'd rather have 24mm eye relief, available from other ep makers. And it appears to me that any 3rd party ep could be adapted using some PVC pipe, JB-Weld & Gorrilla Glue with a 3rd party 1.25" ep.
Is there something I've missed?
--LEe
Quickly: The 18mm eye relief with the kit ep seemed marginal to me, but it *does* work with the 50mm "normal" lens on our DSLR. But it might not work with my daughter's Powershot G11.
So I find out, Vortex doesn't sell significantly better ep's for their Viper models, just significantly more expensive (a kit ep goes for $100).
Right, so looking at the Viper eyepiece mount, it's some proprietary collar that seats a standard 1.25" ep into the waterproof body. The collar & zoom ring are an extra 0.5" dia., threads onto the body's threaded mount, etc. Evidently it's all waterproofed.
So ... I'd rather have 24mm eye relief, available from other ep makers. And it appears to me that any 3rd party ep could be adapted using some PVC pipe, JB-Weld & Gorrilla Glue with a 3rd party 1.25" ep.
Is there something I've missed?
--LEe