So I messed with the 10s, 16s, and spotter for awhile. The short of it is, in my eyes you don’t gain much with the 3x optical lens of the phone. The spotter resolves much better at 45x vs the 16x with the 3x lens. The photos don’t really show as dramatic of a story as your eyes do, the spotter at 45x is like looking at it in your hands and the 16s with the 3x doesn’t let you see thing you couldn’t with your eyes through the binoculars.
The spotter is an opticron mm4 60 15-45. I am sure it’s not a swaro but I think this works for comparison.
I was in a pinch and I could only print these micro resolution charts and I was viewing them at 25 yards or so.
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Opticron mm4 60 at 15x no digital zoom or cropping.
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Zulu 6, 16x no digital zoom or cropping
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Opticron at 45x
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Zulu 6 16x with 3 x lens
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the 16s, zoomed digitally to around 2x
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I’ll share some thoughts from just looking through them with my eyes. I don’t think the 3x lens is really worth fooling with for myself. It’s easier to line up and get a nice image with the 1x and if you need more, the digital zoom didn’t degrade it enough for me to care, in every situation I liked looking at around 2x digital zoom.
This kind of confirmed some stuff for me, the 16s aren’t a spotter but it’s really fun using a scope adapter handheld with them. I’ll keep it with me when I hunt this year. Through my eyes focused perfectly, the 16s produce a nicer image than I feel the pictures portray. I sat out there for awhile and messed with what I have for awhile if anybody has any other questions.