Yukon 6-100X100 Angled Eye Spotting Scope Kit

For such a small scope, this beauty is an absolute beast. Not only would I recommend the Yukon 6-100X100 Spotting Scope, I would strongly recommend, if you're buyingit, buy a suitable tripod and, at the same time, buy the optional fitment for attaching your camera. Here's why; Firstly, attatch the scope to the tripod and get everything set up. Then, using the camera attachment, attach your camera. This will enable you to then view everything on the camera screen instead of having to look through the eyepiece. You can zoom in and out with no shaking and without losing clarity of the subject matter. I belong to an organisation where I have to look out to sea most days and view along the coastline aswell. This morning I was able to read, quite clearly the name on a vessle that was 6 miles out to sea. So to say I'm pleased with my purchase would be an understatement and I highly recommend it.

This is an excellent spotting scope! The optics are far better than expected. Images remain clear throughout all but the last 10% of zoom range and even then they are surprisingly good. I purchased the scope for viewing distant objects in the mountains and at the shore. I am able to read the tail numbers of aircraft parked on the runway of an airport that is nearly two miles away. At the shore, at maximum zoom, I could see ships on the horizon that were not visible at all with the naked eye. The images were clear enough to be able to identify the type of ship, some as small as 30' fishing boats. Being able to locate an object with the 6~25 power lens and then simply switch to the 25~100 power lens works great! There is a little bit of vertical adjustment that must be made when doing so but it is not a big problem. The camera adapter is another story. In order to attach the camera to the scope the eyepiece must be removed by unscrewing it from the body of the scope. I am familiar with cameras and optics enough to understand how the adapter should work but this was a bit of a struggle with my Canon SX230HS pocket camera. The instructions are weak at best. While I was eventually able to get a full screen image, the quality was pretty poor. I suspect that if the adapter is used with a full size DSLR camera that the attachment and adjustment would be easier and the results may be better. To be fair, I did not get to spend as much time with the adapter as I had hoped to because the first time that I attempted to remove the eyepiece to remove the camera adapter for the day, the eyepiece came apart in my hand and was damaged. The eyepiece is all plastic and must be handled very carefully. Fortunately the seller was able to send a replacement eyepiece in time to be used on our vacation, the primary reason that it was purchased. Perhaps a redesign of the camera adapter is in order, especially for those that want to use it with popular pocket cameras. An adapter for use with smartphone cameras would be a real plus. I will update my comments about the camera adapter if my future use of it proves to be more satisfactory than my initial work with it so please take my limited use with it into consideration. Hopefully other owners with more experience will provide additional information about their experience with it too. Overall I am very happy with the scope and wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to anyone that does not intend to use it for photography with pocket cameras. It does require a good stable tripod. My old tripod that I have used successfully for many years with 35mm film cameras was just too unstable for use above 50x or so. I purchased a Ravelli APGL3 (also on Amazon) and it worked out great for use with this scope. A true fluid head tripod for use with video cameras would be even better for fine vertical adjustments.

I've been using one of these for a while now as a range spotting scope. The good is that you get a decent magnification with an expected amount of distortion over most of the zoom range. The bad is that the distortion at maximum magnification makes interpreting the image almost impossible - especially in low contrast situations. Then again, you usually get what you pay for, and this gives a fair amount more than I expected.

First good point: I am blown away at the scope for this price. as the other reviews said, the optics are great. At this price I doubt you are going to find something better. It has a little knob you turn to swap from the 6-25x to the 25-100x mode. this is easy to use. Second good point: this came with a nylon carry bag (the bag could be padded...) that lets you use and mount the scope on a tripod without taking the scope out of the bag. also as someone else pointed out, it would be nice if the tripod and scope bag were the same bag. first issue: the crappy tripod. I didn't expect this to be an awesome tripod, but the part of the base that connects to the scope (lower half of the up/down swivel) was bent so that the scope tilted slightly clockwise. this tilt makes the tripod worthless. I am waiting to see if the manufacturer sends me the replacement tripod.

I bought this spotting scope for looking at and taking pictures of birds. We have a lot of egrets nearby and I love watching them. I chose this spotting scope over others because of its large zooming range. I thought it would be great for quickly getting the bird into frame, centering it and then zooming in for a close look. And, this feature did live up to it's promise. However I had two major issues with the scope. First, when looking at a white bird, like an egret, there was a lot of purple haze (Chromatic Aberration). While this glowing fringing was merely distracting for viewing purposes, it made for truly awful photos when digiscoping. Secondly, I could not use much of the zoom range. The birds I was viewing were 375' away. If I tried to zoom any higher than about 30X-40X (only a third of the max 100X end of the range) I could not get the subject into focus - the focus knob would run out of range. To use more of the zoom range you have to look at birds much farther away. This kind of defeats the purpose of trying to get a larger image of a bird. I tried calling their tech support to see if there was something wrong with my scope. I suspected the focusing knob may have been installed incorrectly. I left a message and never got a call back. I scoured the internet for information about the minimum focal distance, but could not find any info. Finally, the focus was very coarse. Very minute adjustments of the focus knob with your finger would cause the focus to sweep from the foreground to the background of the subject. Focusing was doable, but difficult. I wound up returning the scope after sending a number of emails to their tech support. I ended up getting a Konuspot 100. It has a smaller zoom range: 20X-60X which makes it tougher to get the subject into view, but the entire zoom range is available at much closer distances. It also suffers less from chromatic aberration (though still present on bright objects). The focus adjustment is also much finer making it easier to use.

For the money, this is sensational ... compact, not excessively heavy ... and WoW can it see out there ... sharp and clear, too. The double zoom (short and long range) makes it a Joy to use ... and gives it tremendous flexibility. And did I mention that price? You can bring it along anywhere and use it without concern for damaging an outrageously expen$ive instrument. The light, but durable, carry bag facilitates tossing it in with your other gear bags and being present when opportunity invites. This is one of those joys in life ... that just puts a smile on - every time its used. Don't hesitate ...