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Hawke Optics
Hawke Nature-Trek 20-60x80 Angled Spotting Scope
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Hawke Optics builds field-ready spotting scopes for birders, hunters, and target shooters who want bright, detailed images at a mid-range price.
The Nature-Trek 20-60x80 angled scope pairs a large 80 mm objective with a versatile 20-60x zoom, so you can scan a wetland or ridgeline at low power and zoom in on the detail, all backed by Hawke's No-Fault Lifetime Warranty.
Hawke Optics
Hawke Nature-Trek 20-60x80 Angled Spotting Scope
Have used these binoculars a lot. This is my second pair after the first pair was stolen. I use them a lot for pelagic Birding. They take a lot of the motor and wind vibration out of the equation as well as my own handshake. It’s a game changer for me. I can see things that no one else on the boat can see.
I also use them for land Birding. Again, I don’t know why every birder doesn’t use these things.
I’ve been using stabilized binoculars for over 10 years now. I’ve used the canon pretty extensively 8, 10, 12 and 18 power. The kite bins are much better in several ways most notably, far better battery life better construction, and 4x greater angular correction capacity. The Canon 8 power were particularly flimsy in their construction.
For birders who have never used them before, these binoculars takes some getting used to. They have an odd balance in the hand that takes a few days to get used to. Also, the image feels weird because it doesn’t react to small shakes in your hands. I think probably for birders who have extremely stable hands image stabilization may not be necessary.
Great customer service and scope. The scope I initially ordered was out of stock, but they walked me through the pros and cons of other options to find the perfect scope for me. Very happy with the views from this scope.
Works great
I ordered this instead of the Sig Imaging stabilizing because the field of view was larger on the Alpen. Fast shipping, when I had a question I emailed customer service and they got back to me within the business day! 10/10 would buy again
Great product and great seller.
The “smart telescope” is a wifi-controlled, tripod-mounted digital camera with 12.5 megapixel, 250 GB storage, 1.6 degree field of vision (which amounts to about 1,200mm for a full-frame camera) and about 11 hours of battery life. “Smart” refers to the built-in software which is controlled with Vaonis’ “Singularity” app from iOS and Android devices.
Given a GPS location (or an address) the telescope takes care of alignment, positioning to an object selected from a large database, tracking, autofocus, and real-time stacking of acquired images, i.e., it automates all the chores facing the hobby astronomer. Observations can be spread out over several nights and a “mosaic” mode can combine images into a larger viewing window.
The instrument is very portable (and is delivered in a sturdy suitcase), i.e., it is easy to get away from too much ambient light. Wifi control elegantly avoids the problem that walking near the telescope can introduce unwanted vibrations.
Once the telescope has been initialized at least once, and with a separately available solar filter, one can observe sun spots and the granular appearance and cratered edge of the sun. Here, alignment merely requires to manually turn the instrument until the shadow shows a small crack of sunlight next to the optical arm — the rest is taken care of by the “smart” software.
