need help

corona · Guest

Hi, I have a bushnell spotting scope 20-60x60, but I'm not satisfied
I want more range and more field a view
I have $300.00 can I get something better? Confused

thanks.

opticsplanet.com · Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 7:36 pm Post subject:

Hi

You can get more magnification out of a spotting scope by going to a model that uses 1.25 inch eyepieces. By using fixed power eyepieces, instead of zooms, you will also improve your field of view.

Here are a few of these spotting scopes:
Audubon Dimensions, http://www.opticsplanet.net/audubon-dimensions-80wa-scope-80wa-es.html

Celestron C90, http://www.opticsplanet.net/celestron-c90-mak-spotting-scope.html

Meade ETX-90 spotting scope, http://www.opticsplanet.net/meade-etx90ss.html

Keep in mind that there is a practical limit to how much magnification you can use in daylight hours due to atmospheric instability - heat waves, air currents, haze and so on. You will reach a point where increasing the magnification simply makes what you see too blurry to be useful. That is why the typical spotting scope tops out at about 60x.
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