Swarovski 1.7 me variable?

[coues32]

Anyone hear of any talk of a variable multipleplier?

I would love to roll my 85 mm BTX to a 20x 50 eyepiece would be great. Not sure if it is feasible?

 

[AZ_Hunter_2000]

Lots of info...

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[coues32]

Thanks bud

 

[SomeJackassOnAForum]

The ME 1.7 does not change the function of the eyepiece, it just multiplies whatever mag the eyepiece has by 1.7x for each one you put on.

An S/ATX 95/115 goes from 30-70 to 51-119 with one ME and 87-202 with two
An S/ATX 65/85 goes from 25-60 to 42.5-102 with one ME and 72-173.5 with two

A BTX 95/115 goes from 35 to 59.5 with one ME and 101 with two
A BTX 65/85 goes from 30 to 51 with one ME and 87 with two

There's not much change in brightness during daylight hours going from 0 to 1 ME, but adding a 2nd makes it notably darker. Basically good for astronomy and little else. I've never tried 3 of them. YMMV

 

[coues32]

I was curious if there was any talk of a new under/ over variable instead of the 1.7 coming out.

I've had the 85mm btx with 1.7 me for a long time.

30x is too much at times, if they would make a variable I would stay with the BTX.

I have the stc big eyes and am going to go to the 80mm big eyes I guess

 

[coues32]

The ME 1.7 does not change the function of the eyepiece, it just multiplies whatever mag the eyepiece has by 1.7x for each one you put on.

An S/ATX 95/115 goes from 30-70 to 51-119 with one ME and 87-202 with two
An S/ATX 65/85 goes from 25-60 to 42.5-102 with one ME and 72-173.5 with two

A BTX 95/115 goes from 35 to 59.5 with one ME and 101 with two
A BTX 65/85 goes from 30 to 51 with one ME and 87 with two

There's not much change in brightness during daylight hours going from 0 to 1 ME, but adding a 2nd makes it notably darker. Basically good for astronomy and little else. I've never tried 3 of them. YMMV

I've stacked two 1.7s, not that handy

The ME 1.7 does not change the function of the eyepiece, it just multiplies whatever mag the eyepiece has by 1.7x for each one you put on.

An S/ATX 95/115 goes from 30-70 to 51-119 with one ME and 87-202 with two
An S/ATX 65/85 goes from 25-60 to 42.5-102 with one ME and 72-173.5 with two

A BTX 95/115 goes from 35 to 59.5 with one ME and 101 with two
A BTX 65/85 goes from 30 to 51 with one ME and 87 with two

There's not much change in brightness during daylight hours going from 0 to 1 ME, but adding a 2nd makes it notably darker. Basically good for astronomy and little else. I've never tried 3 of them. YMMV

I have stacked a pair of 1.7s, not that handy

 

[svivian]

Appears some have missed what your asking for.

I would imagine an extender that allowed for variable zoom would not only be extremely expensive to pair with the BTX but also cumbersome and large for an already large optic. You would essentially be putting another entire spotting scope in-between the BTX eyepiece and the objective. I also dont know how well culmination would be for the BTX

IF it was plausible i would imagine it would have been done by now or at time of making the BTX.

At this point you might consider building your own set of big eyes out of two swaro STC spotting scopes.

 

[coues32]

Appears some have missed what your asking for.

I would imagine an extender that allowed for variable zoom would not only be extremely expensive to pair with the BTX but also cumbersome and large for an already large optic. You would essentially be putting another entire spotting scope in-between the BTX eyepiece and the objective. I also dont know how well culmination would be for the BTX

IF it was plausible i would imagine it would have been done by now or at time of making the BTX.

At this point you might consider building your own set of big eyes out of two swaro STC spotting scopes.

I was hoping someone on here would have some inside info or that I was high.

With leica duovids binos, thought maybe it could work. I do enjoy my btx except up close and it's a pain adding in the 1.7 when you need the 50x.

I do own the stc big eyes already and ran them both this last season