Hi I am new to this forum and I am looking to buy a spotting scope for my husband as he has a big birthday coming up shortly. We spend a lot of time travelling in our camper van and my husband loves all types of wildlife and has done from a very young age living in the country. I would love to buy him a spotting scope with the potential of Digi-scoping. Can anyone point me in the right direction for a scope for general wildlife. I am looking to spend up to £1000. We already have a few tripods which I'm hoping will be fine to use. Also your opinions of the best spotting scope adapter for I phone. Many Thanks Jo
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Potential purchase for a newbie (1 Viewer)
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I think this would fit the bill nicely. Try and find somewhere you can try it out. Viking Optical and Hawke do similar phone adapters that work well.
Opticron MM4 77 GA VHD Angled Spotting Scope with SDLv4 18-54x Eyepiece
Opticron MM4 77 GA VHD Angled Spotting Scope with SDLv4 18-54x Eyepiece. MM4 77 VHD Fieldscopes are the latest evolution of the MM4 concept pioneered and developed by us to meet demand for high performance lightweight space saving equipment.
Thanks for the advice. I have gone ahead and bought the scope and eye piece. Another question and please don’t laugh at me as totally new to this, how do I turn the eye piece to change magnification. There seems to be a small metal screw which looks like it should be in a different position to be able to adjust the magnification. On googling it looks like the screw is in the locked position. How do I change this. Have attached photo to explain, thank you
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Hi Jo, don't touch that screw! It guides the zoom mechanism up and down the groove you see in your picture. I'll try and find a video that shows the zoom in action. The rubber collar above the magnification numbers twists once the zoom is attached to the scope body and that adjusts the magnification.
Where your red mark is, is the collar which needs to be screwed on to the scope body.
Hope that helps.
Where your red mark is, is the collar which needs to be screwed on to the scope body.
Hope that helps.
Yes… leave the screw well alone. The eyepiece screws in to the external thread on the scope using the loose knurled skirt on the eyepiece. Tighten it down nicely and th men the top half of the eyepiece (rubber knurled hit with magnification numbers on) will rotate while the lower part is held still. The little white vertical mark on the lower section indicates the magnification you are at against numbers).
Hope this helps
Peter
Hope this helps
Peter
