Reviews & Ratings for Bushnell Elite 20-60x80 ED Glass 45 Deg. Angled Spotting Scope 788045 — 12 reviews — Page 1

ex product great optice
Cons: none

the best for the money i could find! great for long distance bench rest shooting!
Pros: bright,clear& strong- high quality for the price
Cons: burr on tripod threads

If you're willing to throw down the money then this is the scope you want hand down.
Pros: Optics are awesome
Cons: Price

I see that this company awarded this spotting scope a "Brilliance Award." It's well deserved. I've had it for about 3 months and I haven't stopped loving it one bit...great optics and quality-made. Buy it!
Pros: Excellent Optics
Cons: NONE

I bought this scope to set up with my digital DSLR Camera for taking pictures of the moon and wildlife from greater distances. It worked with the help of an adaptor designed for Canon cameras, but it's next to impossible to get a completely clear, focused picture as you cannot really get a good image thru the viewfinder once the scope is mounted on to the Camera. Overall, this is a great spotting scope, but just like any other scope, it quickly loses a lot of light once you zoom onto a subject, making the image dim and not as clear as out of zoom. I still think this is a great scope, but a bit pricy.
Pros: Clear, crisp focus, easy to use
Cons: loses light during zoom

This is a great scope, and competitively priced. Optical quality is outstanding, especially given the not too expensive price. Optical quality seems to drop considerably when you magnify to 60 times, but is still very acceptable. Lets put it this way: If you look at a cheetah with 20 times magnification, you'll be amazed by the clarity of the image, if you magnify to 60 times, this clarity is reduced, but it still gives you a very good view of the animal. For a scope in this price range you cannot expect to have excellent clarity throughout the magnification range as you would for example have with a Swarovski. I am very satisfied with the scope and think it is excellent value for money.
It has an optional eyepiece so one can mound it to a (digital) SLR camera. This works very well with my Nikon D80, and turns the scope in a 1000(!) mm lens with a maximum aperture of F11. This means that it is only of much use in bright light conditions and mounted on a tripod. Low light conditions require a slower shutter speed, to the point that you cannot possibly produce a nice sharp photo. In bright light conditions it work okay though, especially to take close up shots of items less than 10 m. away from you. Please bear in mind that the scope will have to be manually focussed, and you will have to set the shutter speed of the camera yourself. In other words, you cannot use it on a camera set on 'automatic'. But which self-respecting photographer does not shoot in 'manual'?
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This is my first spotting scope and it is great. I would definitely recommend. It works well with glasses.
Pros: great scope, clear, fine focus
Cons: a little tight at 60mm

Excellent price/quality ratio. I would strongly reccommend it to interested customers. I also appreciated the prompt and efficient service of the broker
Pros: Excellent product
Cons: None

very good product, with an high ratio quality-price.
very appreciable service from optical planet
Pros: great scope for money
Cons: none

Great scope for the money. I appreciated the service of OpticsPlanet
Pros: brightness and clarity
Cons: above 50x could be better