Want to use this to look at ships passing my home (day + night). Distance varies from 700ft-4500ft. Is this the right scope? If not, which one?
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I live on the Gulf of Mexico and often use the scope for viewing ships over the same range.
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Long exposures with this telescope would be frustratingly difficult. Spend more money and move into the professional series of scopes with massive equatorial mountings and move to a location where light pollution is minimal. Your camera is a good choice, though.
345122
First you will not see the moons of Jupiter.I have a 8" scope and 3ea 3&1/2" scopes.There is too much light fog in my area so I use the Binocs and enjoy the stars,the moon and I don't have to set up the scops. There are not too many clear nights. If you have a dark sky area You should enjoy star gazing. Also. Binoculars are less costly than scops. your choice. Have fun.
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Not great but more symptomatic of a monocular (telescope) than this particular model as the view width is of a small diameter, hence requiring a very steady hand. If prolonged viewing is your objective get something with a tripod or a wide angle pair of binos. If your question is about the "eye cup"; average. Best eye cup I've found are on high end mariner binos.
625014
Don't use it much anymore. When I did, I tested it and found it doesn't make much diff. The thing is, it's field of view widens as it gets further away. So if you measure something that is very small from a longer distance, you'll get a bad reading. When I used it, I was measuring small packages 5x8 inches from a very close distance like 1-2 ft. Sorry I can't be more help.
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Ryan, I think this scope should work well for you for that application. I think you will want a sine/square wave signal generator of some sort as well, so you can get a periodic signal you can see clearly on the scope.
1570484
This is A heavy scope with a less than perfect center go gravity. I am using an alpena plastic with a fairly wide footprint. It's barely enough. It's plastic. it wiggles a lot when you focus or zoom. Do you own this scope now? Are thinking stars or on the ground. I would not recommend ultima 80 for astronomy. Blue shift issues. Works fine on the ground.
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YES, I tested the unit I have & The Max I could read was 102 foot. It is almost impossible to see the laser dot at that distance anyway.
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I really don't know what you mean about going out of range. In order to use this night vision scope, you must have it with you in order to look through it. If you mean what happens when your subject goes out of range, it simply disappears into the darkness. But the range on this "toy" is quite good...I'm guessing about 50 yards, perhaps a bit more as the infrared lighting starts to drop off and gradually fade to black. The range is just as good as my substantially more expensive "real" night vision scope with the difference being that I don't get flare when I look at car lights or street lights. Plus, the color is a high contrast black and white as opposed the fuzzy green images of the expensive unit. The biggest problem I have is that it will not function without the infrared lights and those lights reflect back when you're looking through a window so you see nothing but a reflection in the glass. On my real unit, the infrared lighting is off all the time unless you push a button and hold it down. The real unit functions with ambient light which you supplement with infrared while the toy requires the infrared lighting to function and you can't turn it off.
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Make sure the current sight is graduated at the correct distance. It should be fine.
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I purchased this primarily to use on my home defense weapon. I want to see what I'm shooting. Because many of my usage scenarios are inside, I actually went outside in the sunlight to check the range. There is a big difference when you are in the sunlight, but I could see it roughly 30 - 40 yards away.
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The images were unsatisfactory (muddy) for my long distance shots taken with a Canon 7D. The lens has aberrations. It should be ok for moon shots where sharp focus is not a priority. This is a cheap spotting scope not a camera lens. What you see with the naked eye may not be captured on the photo image. You are much better off using a camera lenses for your long distance photographs. I use a 200mm Canon lens and shoot on the highest quality setting for a larger image. This scope is fine for sighting targets at the shooting range or watching ships sail past, but it is not for photography. The images were unsatisfactory (muddy) for my long distance shots taken with a Canon 7D. The lens has aberrations. It should be ok for moon shots where sharp focus is not a priority. This is a cheap spotting scope not a camera lens. What you see with the naked eye may not be captured on the photo image. You are much better off using a camera lenses for your long distance photographs. I use a 200mm Canon lens and shoot on the highest quality setting for a larger image. This scope is fine for sighting targets at the shooting range or watching ships sail past, but it is not for photography.
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I've used a table top tripod with this and had good luck, like for target shooting, etc.. For star gazing, a regular tripod where you stand up, worked better for me. If the wind is blowing, it will probably shake some no matter what one you use. Outside of that, I think it's a great spotting scope. Hope I helped.
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It's a basic spotting scope. The eye piece does not come off to adapt a camera. For photography you will need a higher quality lens. It's ok at 20 power for birdwatching or using it at the range but gets fuzzier at higher powers. Mine was very inexpensive $48. I use it for nature watching. For astronomy you will need a higher power telescope built for star watching. I have a couple of them at home but they don't have camera adapters. Even a student scope works pretty decent for looking at the moon. This scope would be ok for looking at the moon but that's about it.It won't be super sharp or zoomed in like one used for astronomy. When you are outdoors, you don't want something expensive because there's a good chance of it getting dirty or breaking. Photography is hard to find something inexpensive. My wife has lots of lenses and they are not cheap.
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I purchased it for my friend for the same reason and you can see a good 200 yards with this clear even with inflated off. If you want to look in thick brush and have an eye for what you are looking for this is perfect. Out friend a hunter as well has asked to use it for the sMe reason and went and bought himself the same model. Hope this helps. Ps no clouds spots or grainy ness to the scope at all its perfect for those not looking to spend thousands of dollars.
244889
This is a great scope but, I don't think that it would be good for anything farther than around 100 yards.I hope this helps you
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You can see 20-30 ft. with pretty good accuracy. Remember the further you are away from the target the less accurate your readings. If you leave the camera on MSX it will enhance the image. Darryl Mendivil