I was looking for an entry-level scope that wouldn't break the bank and managed to pick one of these up recently.
However, while the image is great at 20x, clear and reasonably sharp anything beyond 20x is soft to very soft. I wasn't expecting it to be great at 60x but I was hoping for something at least reasonable at 20-40 and it falls well short.
I'm not too familiar with optics outside of camera lenses, so just looking for an opinion on whether this could this be the fault of the zoom eyepiece? Or is it more likely the eyepiece just 'embiggening' what was just a poor quality image in the first place?
If the eyepiece is the likely culprit would it be worth swapping it out, and is that even possible?
Alternatively am I best just moving this one on and getting something higher quality (note, local stores are entirely sold out so I can only really buy online right now)
However, while the image is great at 20x, clear and reasonably sharp anything beyond 20x is soft to very soft. I wasn't expecting it to be great at 60x but I was hoping for something at least reasonable at 20-40 and it falls well short.
I'm not too familiar with optics outside of camera lenses, so just looking for an opinion on whether this could this be the fault of the zoom eyepiece? Or is it more likely the eyepiece just 'embiggening' what was just a poor quality image in the first place?
If the eyepiece is the likely culprit would it be worth swapping it out, and is that even possible?
Alternatively am I best just moving this one on and getting something higher quality (note, local stores are entirely sold out so I can only really buy online right now)
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