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Yes.

Like MM said, the field of view is much larger and there is virtually no eyestrain or moving your head back and forth while glassing.

It's like looking through a large, flat 27X window in which your eye can move around.

If you're patient, you can find the WA eyepiece (#7464, I think) on sale and you'll have the best ultra light weight backpacking spotter out there.

Another older thread on the same topic....


http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/3860855/2

I also ordered one of these, and this thread got me thinking about exactly what eyepiece I might end up with. I called Natchez today and was told that they don't even know what eyepiece they ship with, Randy told me that they come pre-packaged from Nikon and ship out the same way. So, I called Nikon, and they told me that all ED50's, new or refurb, all ship with the 13-30 zoom. Doesn't exactly match up with some people's experience (didn't someone here get a different eyepiece?), but I guess I'll wait and see. FWIW....

Tyr264
Mine is a refurb from Natchez and it came with the 16x wide.

Great, thanks for the info guys, if anyone hears or see one for sale for a good price let me know. Duane

I have something for some as well, it is part # Fsa-L1, it replaces the eyepiece and allows you to mount a Nikon camera to it, giving you essentially a 900mm zoom lens.
I did well with it, but love my Canon cameras slightly more and sold the Nikons, but I kept my scopes and binos.

Let me know if anyone has an interest in it, I will see what they might go for and get you a price.

Guy's I just got the official word that Nikon no longer offer's the 27X Wide view eye piece. My suggestion is if you find one, buy it. A buddy has one on his Nikon ED50 and we used it 2 year's ago to glass deer in a Texas wheat field, so nice to not have to constantly move the Spotter around.
If you come across more then one eyepiece somewhere let me know as well.
Thanks!

Just ordered this refurb scope from Natchez, straight from the link above. Scope is like new in every way. It came with the 16x Wide digiscoping eyepiece (designed to attach to cameras). Pretty much worthless to me unless you can teach a camera to pull the trigger too. I know you are supposed to be able to put on a rubber ring and look through this thing with your naked eye, but it's not pleasing me at all.

In the actual literature that comes with the scope: "We do not recommend the 16x/24x/30x wide MC eyepiece lenses, as light reduction may occur at the periphery"

That being said, it's still a great deal on the scope body, guess I gotta find a photo forum to sell this eyepiece on...