Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:56 AM 1/20/98 GMT+0100, Christopher Held wrote: >I am a biologist and dedicated >birdwatcher and have been carrying a fieldscope along with long teles >for a long time. I came across the adapter mentioned in the subject >line which converts a telephoto lens into a spotting scope, basically. >There are some third party products, but they are of unacceptably bad >quality. > >I am aware of the fact that there will be a trade-off of some kind >(smaller field of vision, I would presume), but does anybody have >first hand experience he/she would be willing to communicate? I would >appreciate any input. Can you be specific in your queries? I have one of these (as well as a couple of the earlier OSBLO's) and use it with some regularity. The field is narrow, the optical quality is what is to be expected from Leica. What more do you wish to know? Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!