Nikon Fieldscope 50 ED (1 Viewer)

[mooreorless]

Hello All,I just received the June issue of Outdoor Life,and in this issue Bill McRae and other's check out new spotting scopes and binoculars.This is geared more for the hunter,but they do talk some about birding.They picked the New Nikon Fieldscope 50 ED as their "Editor's Choice" top pick and as "Great Buy" Leupold Golden Ring 15-30x50 Compact.Some of the comments on the Nikon 50 ED was "phenomenal image quality-wow!,"could look through this scope all day" and "handy size and weight".Leupold comments were "perfect backpacking scope","would even fit in a fanny pack" and "excellent image sharpness".
One of the other spotters they "reviewed" was the Meopta Meostar APO HS75 that weighs in at 50 oz..They list the image quality on this scope as just short of excellent and goes on to say during daylight testing resolved details as small as 1.5 seconds of angle [using Edmunds resolving charts at Dawes Limit]and as no surprise this scope outlasted the 50mm scopes for low light.
Steve

 

[Swissboy]

Hello All,I just received the June issue of Outdoor Life,and in this issue Bill McRae and other's check out new spotting scopes and binoculars.This is geared more for the hunter,but they do talk some about birding.They picked the New Nikon Fieldscope 50 ED as their "Editor's Choice" top pick and as "Great Buy" Leupold Golden Ring 15-30x50 Compact.Some of the comments on the Nikon 50 ED was "phenomenal image quality-wow!,"could look through this scope all day" and "handy size and weight".Leupold comments were "perfect backpacking scope","would even fit in a fanny pack" and "excellent image sharpness".
One of the other spotters they "reviewed" was the Meopta Meostar APO HS75 that weighs in at 50 oz..They list the image quality on this scope as just short of excellent and goes on to say during daylight testing resolved details as small as 1.5 seconds of angle [using Edmunds resolving charts at Dawes Limit]and as no surprise this scope outlasted the 50mm scopes for low light.
Steve

Hi Steve, why open another thread when there is already one (or actually rather two) on the ED 50?

 

[scampo]

Hello All,I just received the June issue of Outdoor Life,and in this issue Bill McRae and other's check out new spotting scopes and binoculars.This is geared more for the hunter,but they do talk some about birding.They picked the New Nikon Fieldscope 50 ED as their "Editor's Choice" top pick and as "Great Buy" Leupold Golden Ring 15-30x50 Compact.Some of the comments on the Nikon 50 ED was "phenomenal image quality-wow!,"could look through this scope all day" and "handy size and weight".Leupold comments were "perfect backpacking scope","would even fit in a fanny pack" and "excellent image sharpness".
One of the other spotters they "reviewed" was the Meopta Meostar APO HS75 that weighs in at 50 oz..They list the image quality on this scope as just short of excellent and goes on to say during daylight testing resolved details as small as 1.5 seconds of angle [using Edmunds resolving charts at Dawes Limit]and as no surprise this scope outlasted the 50mm scopes for low light.
Steve

It really is a first rate scope. With the Nikon 50x eyepiece it gives 27x on the ED50 and that produces a v-e-r-y wide image that is bright and sharp. Quite amazing for such a tiny compact scope.

 

[mooreorless]

Hi Steve, why open another thread when there is already one (or actually rather two) on the ED 50?

Robert,You are right,maybe a moderator can just move it over to the other thread.
Steve