Nigel Eves
Registered User
Hello everyone. I must confess I have been lurking here for quite a while. Thanks to all the info I gleaned here, I just purchased my first spotting scope; a Nikon Fieldscope 60 EDIII from Japan with a 30x Wide field eyepiece in excellent condition.
What a little beauty!
I took it out last night to view the moon and Jupiter and it is clean and sharp. There were no angled scopes available like it so I have a straight version which is ok but I need a taller tripod with a centre column that stays stiff in order to share views. Does anyone here know if there are any lower cost options that would suit me? Also, I'm thinking it would be nice to have 24x for more eye relief and a wider field or a maybe a 20-60 zoom eyepiece but again I'm concerned about the Field of View. Which one would you pick? Thanks in advance
What a little beauty!
I took it out last night to view the moon and Jupiter and it is clean and sharp. There were no angled scopes available like it so I have a straight version which is ok but I need a taller tripod with a centre column that stays stiff in order to share views. Does anyone here know if there are any lower cost options that would suit me? Also, I'm thinking it would be nice to have 24x for more eye relief and a wider field or a maybe a 20-60 zoom eyepiece but again I'm concerned about the Field of View. Which one would you pick? Thanks in advance