Celestron 52250 80mm Ultima Zoom Spotting Scope

The scope quality is excellent. Only issue is with few fingerprints internally on the eyepiece lens (can be seen before assembling with the scope), but it doesn't hamper with the image quality. Face of a worker working on a building at a distance of approx 300m can be seen clearly(my experience as I didn't try beyond). A sturdy tripod is a must as holding in hand may lead to fatigue, also at higher magnification not possible to hold the image steady.Finally I tried my best to focus on First quarter moon (Focussing was acheived in 15- 20 seconds, so easy, only difficulty is with my flimsy tripod). The result was amazing. I overwhelmed with the craters image.(as my limit was seeing moon, not attempting to see Jupiter and Saturn as I don't know where they are...). I tried capturing through my mobile phone camera with "shaky" hands (as I don't have digiscoping attachment. The result was good. I am attaching cropped unedited picture of moon captured through 13MP mobile phone(camera focus was an issue) for your reference for magnification and quality. The actual quality is much better. The eyepiece provided with the scope is of good quality and need not go in search of expensive eyepieces.

Super... amaizing focas...

I was aiming for 100mm as its too costly not competitively priced had to settle for 80mm. Amazon US site offers 100mm for the price of 80mm in India. Important thing is that celestron spotting scope comes with T-ring adopter (checked in US sites) and a recommended tripod. Amazon US site it's self offer the related products which is found missing in Indian site. I had ordered a t-ring adapter separately it did not work as expected to fit both DSLR camera and 52550. I am worried which tripod to buy to fit 52250 am afraid my experience will repeat as for t-ring adapter.

Good focus material

Nice spotting scope like it

fine

I was looking for a spotting scope for a very log time, in India for bird watching and occasional astronomy use. Luckily I got this scope from online, for just 11495. Man! What a scope is this for just a throw away price. Build quality is good with smooth focussing. Optics blew me away completely. Right from 20x - 60 x I was amazed by the clarity. Its true that from 40-60x , image gets little soft but still its very good and reasonably sharp. If i use this scope with olympus 8x40/nikon 8x40 bins, this scope puts these binoculars to shame!!! I can clearly see a eurasian collared dove more than 800 feet clearly in 60x. Can count each and individual feathers of northern shoveller(winterin duck), some 400 feet away. Right form dawn to dusk I had no problem in using this scope. Infact I would say its a boon for birders in India. Its just a pleasure to see birds far away silently through this scope. A must have for birders... I also watched moon with amazing clarity of craters which I have seen never before. Also, could clearly see saturn rings with its moons. A hard, serious tripod is must. Do not blame the scope if you buy light tripod, I bought a professional tripod worthy 7k which gives excellent stabilisation. Cons: In my experience this scope has only one con. Purple fringing during high contrast images, in harsh sun light, though its not objectionable.( you need to buy high range scope which come around 70-90k to get rid of purple fringing)

Bought another spotter scope in a similar price point on Amazon. It seemed allright out of box but had damaged threads on the mount. Returned it no hasstle and bought this one. Way better quality right out of box and clearer glass, happy accident that I switched out. Works well with Amazon basics tripod and for the price point of those two together still cheaper then some then come with worse tripod.

Servizio veloce di amazon.Ottimo l'imballo. Non ho mai comprato cannocchiali, ma ho un superbo binocolo zenit 7x50 e da fotografo ho una certa esperienza di ottica per avere un discreto parco obbiettivi.quindi posso dire che la qualità del cannocchiale è davvero ottima. Ma andiamo con ordine: La costruzione è molto buona(metallo e buonissima gomma)le lenti sono trattate in modo multistrato e sono ottime nel complesso,in pratica...da 20 a quasi 50 ingrandimenti si vede benissimo (in particolare da 20 a 40 una definizione direi quasi eccellente...)poi diciamo che da 45 a 60 ingrandimenti la qualità ottica cade man mano ma ancora a 60 si vede discretamente anche se appaiono (ma in modo poco fastidioso) aberrazioni ed occorre curare la messa a fuoco.Il cavalletto è indispensabile sempre, anche a 20 ingrandimenti. La luminosita' è ottima per una buona visione anche di sera.La caduta fisiologica di qualità dopo i circa 50x è, per il limite fisiologico di tutti gli oculari zoom, ma anche il pulviscolo dell'aria a grandi lontananze fanno la loro parte, probabilmente vetri pregiati di binocoli più costosi bucano meglio l'atmosfera. da notare che questa stessa caduta in tutto il range da 20 a 60..è minore per soggetti meno lontani.Sono sicuro che cannocchiali con vetri apocromatici sono migliori ma non credo proporzionale al salto di prezzo. inoltre chi ha fatto la comparazione tra questo obbiettivo ed altri che costano anche 10 volte di più ha dedotto che sui bassi ingrandimenti (da 20 a 40) la differenza con cannocchiali blasonati sia addirittura minima.La custodia è discreta...ma avrei preferito un pò imbottita tipo borse fotografiche. Metto 5 stelle per il prezzo che ho pagato...difficilmente si trova di meglio.E' un cannocchiale ottimo,discreto e luminoso, anche al crepuscolo si vede bene e da usare anche per visioni astronomiche non impegnative come la luna o saturno....magari con un oculare fisso...per sfruttarlo al meglio.

ne correspond pas à mes attentes

Good spotting scope for the price. We use it for bird watching and watching boats on the bay.

Produit de qualité, précis, d'une grande luminosité et une bonne netteté.