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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jring" data-source="post: 3570202" data-attributes="member: 133897">Hi,a few things to try for better sighting:- try Kimmo's brilliant cable tie sighting device - when I know where the bird is it takes a second or two to peep over EP eyecup and the cable tie and I'm on target even at max magnification:<a href="http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=99084" target="_blank">http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=99084</a>- if you really want a zoom for the 823, the fitting 20-60 was called TSE-Z7B and offers a field of 35m/1000m at 20x and 17.5m/1000m at 60x. Your 32x EP (called TSE-14WB) shows 38.4m/1000m for comparison. Locating a used one might be difficult and they're unavailable new. Isn't the wayback machine a great thing - facts from 13 years ago at your fingertips!- Kowa still offers an adapter called TSN-EC1A which lets you adapt the EPs for the current Kowa small body scopes to the Kowa 823. Due to the slightly longer focal length of 450mm for the 823 as compared to the 420mm of the small body scopes, this would result into 21.5-64x magnification and a field of 31-16m/1000m - for comparison - your current 32x wide has 38.4m/1000m. The catch is that the adapter is 89€ plus 300€ or so for the current zoom TSE-Z9B.Cheers,Joachim</blockquote>