Celestron 52250 80mm Ultima Zoom Spotting Scope by Celestron
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Digital camera reviews of Celestron 52250 80mm Ultima Zoom Spotting Scope
Digital camera Review: Celestron 52250 80mm zoom spotting scope
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchase this spotting scope for my wife, a former all-american & olympic team qualifier archer, who has recently returned to the sport. Upon arrival, the scope was easily assembled and mounted on my slik U-212 tripod for use at our home range. For 18 meters indoors it is more than adequate. For F.I.T.A. rounds outdoors to 70 meters (women) and 90 meters (men) it will also do the trick. If the majority of your rounds are shot at the longer distances, you might want to consider the Ultima 100 ed 100mm (480mm to 540mm telephoto); but for most practical purposes it should do the trick for you.
If you use the scope for outdoor shooting and/or nature watching, I might suggest that you use the slik 700dx amt tripod for a weighty balance. It will help alot in windy conditions but is a little bit on the heavy side, but it has the capability of holding most heavy view cameras plus digital slr's with very long lenses. Overall the celestron is a very good choice for the price and the warranty from a U.S. company (lifetime) cannot be beat. I own the 45 degree model plus the straight sight and they both work great.
Digital camera Review: Celestron Ultima 80mm Spotting Scope
Summary: 4 Stars
For the price, this is a great spotting scope. It is lightweight and its construction is rugged enough to handle my birding adventures through the brush. The focus and zoom are very simple, user-friendly, and easy to do in the field. Color and clarity are great at 20x but do seem to reduce as you work up to 60x.Digital camera Review: Cheap but not sweet!!
Summary: 2 Stars
I have had many scopes before trying this one and based on all the good reviews on Amazon and I purchased a Celestron 52250. The Celestron has good image quality only at 20X but at the higher magnifications the image deteriorates dramatically, the eye relief is not good either.
After using it for a year and 3 months the prism has gone dark and I can no longer see through the scope, it's junk. My advice, would be to spend a little extra and go for a Kowa or Leica, you won't regret it.
Digital camera Review: Good scope
Summary: 4 Stars
I use it for 200yard spotting and it works well. Eye relief and FOV are not as good as a Kowa but it is 1/5 of the price.Digital camera Review: Good value
Summary: 4 Stars
Overall, I'm very happy with this scope. I primarily use it for bird watching in my yard.
The image is sharp at 20X, however becomes a little blurry while zooming to 60X, but still not bad for the price.
Overall, decent optics, waterproof, lifetime warranty, a good value for the price.