R Telescope Adapter

[marknorton]

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Has anyone used the R adapter which turns any lens into a telescope with a magnification of f/12.5 so that a 180mm lens with a 2x converter becomes a 29 times telescope. I'm wondering whether this is a reasonable alternative to the full-fledge spotting scope, I expect not.

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[mmradman]

T-OR is very handy converting long R lens into high magnification scope, can't say is it better than dedicated scope as never tried one. Getting T-OR can be more difficult than new or S/H scope though, I was lucky to find one a while back at R Caplan.

[marknorton]

Just found one at £89 which seems worth trying...

[mmradman]

Just found one at £89 which seems worth trying...

 

That is less than a cost of a new Leica UV filter, can't go wrong.

[johnnyj]

I use the adaptor with a 2x extender on both the 70-180 and 105-280. Although not a televid spotting scope the image is excellent and with the zooms can be easily racked in and out. In some cases I prefer the zooms to the spotting scope because the scope is too delicate when framing the image. But the zooms won't give the same magnification.

[marknorton]

Received it yesterday, quite interesting to put it on an 80mm Summilux with the x2 adapter, gives a 12 magnification with lots of light.

[dkCambridgeshire]

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Received it yesterday, quite interesting to put it on an 80mm Summilux with the x2 adapter, gives a 12 magnification with lots of light.

 

The item was listed during second week of July or prior - surprising that nobody bought it immediately.

 

dunk

[ph.]

it is also quite robust and weighs far less than lens+ scope or lens + monocular. I sometimes carry it as "lens cap" on the 100mm or the longer zoom: saves time mounting. It cannot, however substitute totally for a binocular view.

 

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