BoldenEagle
Well-known member

I'm considering to buy Meopta S2 82 HD probably with 30-60x WA eyepiece. I would be interested to know if the focus ring becomes smoother over time, because many have stated that it is rather stiff (at least when new)? It's also quite fast and it may be an issue for me because I can remember how difficult fast helical focus ring can be when I owned Nikon Fieldscope 82 ED and after that, I have been extremely comfortable with my current Leica Apo Televid82 focus system. I'm a birder and very often track flying birds, so easy and non-shaky focus is an essential feature to have.
I'm also curious about the performance of the 30-60x WA eyepiece; is there expected to be "kidney beaning" or blackouts like I have had (+ many others have reported) with for example Swarovski 25-50x wideangle eyepiece? Of course this issue is somewhat individual thing and must ultimately be tested personally.
If I buy that scope, it may be that I will buy also the 20-70x eyepiece, unless it's easy to get astro eyepiece adapter to the scope. I would occasionally benefit for a high power (70-100x) mags., so with the wideangle zoom, I would be happy with a fixed high power eyepiece.
I have read many threads about S2 82 scope and gathered information and I have briefly looked through the scope with 20-70x eyepiece. I would still be very grateful of any user experience with this scope. Lastly, I'm very curious about sample variation and customer service with Meopta products.
Juhani
I'm also curious about the performance of the 30-60x WA eyepiece; is there expected to be "kidney beaning" or blackouts like I have had (+ many others have reported) with for example Swarovski 25-50x wideangle eyepiece? Of course this issue is somewhat individual thing and must ultimately be tested personally.
If I buy that scope, it may be that I will buy also the 20-70x eyepiece, unless it's easy to get astro eyepiece adapter to the scope. I would occasionally benefit for a high power (70-100x) mags., so with the wideangle zoom, I would be happy with a fixed high power eyepiece.
I have read many threads about S2 82 scope and gathered information and I have briefly looked through the scope with 20-70x eyepiece. I would still be very grateful of any user experience with this scope. Lastly, I'm very curious about sample variation and customer service with Meopta products.
Juhani