How to use your spotting scope

A Pentax PF80ED with their XW20 eyepiece is a very good combo. Now If they would only put a mil reticle into that eyepiece….
 
ThisIsMyBoomstick said:
Yeah, that seems to be the general consensus. Deciding whether to spend twice as much for another 20mm (PF100ED)
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Depends, will you use it much in low light?...

Speaking of size, my most used spotting scope in recent years is this little Celestron... that also use 1.25" eyepiece
- with 10mm eyepiece, I get 17x

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sillymike said:
Depends, will you use it much in low light?...

Speaking of size, my most used spotting scope in recent years is this little Celestron... that also use 1.25" eyepiece
- with 10mm eyepiece, I get 17x
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If I'm going to use it as a travel grab and go astronomical scope, as low light as possible minus the moon, planets and stars. I found a pair of 20x80 achromat binoculars in my collection of scope related stuff that I got on trade years ago. (Sad statement : I didn't know I had them until I found them) They seem to work okay at 250 if I'm using splatter targets. They'll be good enough until the used market provides something better.
 
I had the Pentax PF-80ED-A (angled) for about 10 years. Mainly range prone or bench stuff. Great glass and focus. When I started using it for PRS style matches, the angled eyepiece would collect water when it rained or misted which was quite annoying. As someone else also mentioned, they don’t make a reticle:(
Also, the Pentax was a 20-60 zoom, which turned out to be too much zoom for me.
So I recently sold it and bought a used Minox MD-60ZR. Can’t be more happy!
There are advantages and disadvantages to any model, so it all depends on what YOU want and need and are able to live without…
 
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