siulanl

各位師兄, 師姊,
想買單筒睇水鳥; 但Budget 有限(最好唔過$7K); 請問 Nikon Prostaff 5 可以嗎?
有冇其他經濟實惠單筒介紹.
謝謝!!

pitarhk

Prostaff 5 ?? 瞄準器來的，你指可否用在單筒上？

irsychan

Nikon Prostaff 5 can be a binoculars or rangefinder (I don't know why Nikon use the same name for different tools!)

For laser rangefinder Prostaff 5, details are given here: http://www.nikonsportoptics.com/ ... 388/PROSTAFF-5.html
Laser rangefinders are used to measure distance of an object and the magnification is probably too small (6x) for bird watching.  They are mainly used for hunting.  I have a similar one from Bushnell for my golf game.

For binoculars Prostaff 5, details are given here:
http://nikon.com/products/sporto ... prostaff5/index.htm
And they are suitable for bird watching.

But if you want field scope, then you may check the details from here:
http://nikon.com/products/sportoptics/lineup/scopes/index.htm

siulanl

Thank You.
我所指的是: PROSTAFF 5 Fieldscope 82-A/60-A

irsychan

I see.  Ha ha, Nikon people is making a joke on us. A suggestion to Nikon:  Why not call everything 'thing' instead.  This binoculars 'thing', that field scope 'thing', etc. etc.  
From the specification, it seems the weight is really light.
Actually I am planning to buy a Swarovski scope myself.  And would now be interested to hear user's feedback on this Nikon Prostaff 5 field scope as well.

[ Last edited by irsychan at 13/03/2014 07:57 ]

wcaptain

Try KOWA as well

siulanl

Thank you.

I noted KOWA is from Japan and sounds quite good; but don't know where I can buy / have a look in HK?

Thank You

wcaptain

Join one of the HKBWS outings to Mai Po / Long Valley etc, so you could try other birders' telescopes.

kc3018

How about Leica?

check this: http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/view ... 20890&highlight

siulanl

Thank You.

Already registered to this talk; hope have surprise

clementlaw

I have previously used a Nikon Spotting Scope RA series for bird watching.

I then wanted to take photos of birds, and hence moved into digiscoping with a new set of scope that supports this requirement.  

It might save you money in the long run by considering your future needs now.  If you plan to take photos now or in the future, consider a scope that allows attachment to a camera, even though you might not buy the extension tube today.  With such extension, you could take photos with a simple DC (e.g. S110) or a mirror less (Nikon V1).

Check out this Nikon scoping system here http://www.nikon.com/products/sp ... em/dsa-n2/index.htm  Or a similar setup from Swarovski  http://aa.swarovskioptik.com/nature/spotting-scopes-c2102

[ Last edited by clementlaw at 15/03/2014 11:29 ]

tongmenxiu

也考虑下大陆产的赛诺特65ED，3K不到，性价比超赞