What To Look For In A Spotting Scope Tripod?

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You might want to check our guide on how to select a best spotting scope before you start considering tripods for it.

So what is a tripod? Simply put, it is a three-legged stand.

When it comes to spotting scopes, a tripod is a necessity since they are more powerful than binoculars and rifle scopes; so every shake, tremor, and breath moves the scope drastically. Trying to use a spotting scope without one is like watching a movie that someone filmed while sprinting.

It allows you to stabilize the system and eliminates the majority of human error. It also offers a platform for people to set their scopes into play and divert their attention to another tool. This is valuable for hunters, shooters, artists, and photographers.

Finding the right tripod is an important factor in effectively using a spotting scope.

Review: Armasight Spark CORE

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The Armasight Spark CORE is aiming to bring night vision to the masses.

Most high-quality night vision devices are quite expensive. The Armasight Spark CORE stands apart from these devices by affordably retailing it while providing a surprisingly clear picture.

 

CORE Technology

It is categorized as Generation 1 because it does not contain a microchannel plate. But it brings it to the very brink of Gen 1 technology. Its Ceramic Optical Ruggedized Engine, also termed as CORE, is the unit’s image intensifier tube.

What sets the Spark CORE apart is the fact that it doesn’t use glass in its tubes. Instead, it uses a blend of ceramic fused with metal alloy as lenses. This is the same…

 

Optics 101: Anti-Reflective Lens Coatings

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Lens coating was discovered by Alexander Smakula, a Carl Zeiss engineer, in the 1930’s. He was credited for developing it, and this completely changed the world of optics.

Pretty much every lens you’ve ever looked through has a lens coating. Be it a camera lens, a rifle scope, a binocular, and a spotting scope. All kinds of optics need to transmit light from one end to the other for the user to see where it is pointed at.

Optics like spotting scopes, use lenses, prisms, and mirrors to transmit light and images to the user. Without the coating, what you would deal with is…

Best Catfish Rods in 2017: A Buyer’s Guide

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At some point, nearly every angler is compelled to try catching the catfish living in the local reservoir, river or pond.

But catfishing occurs in different flavors and there is more than one way to catch a cat. So it is important to decide what type of technique you enjoy.

For example, many anglers love sitting with nothing fancier than a spinning rod and a pack of hot dogs, trying to catch a stringer full of small channel cats. While others use high-quality rods and a $30,000 boat to wrench 40-pound monsters up from the depths.

And obviously, there are an infinite number of variations between these two extremes.

All of these approaches are fun and no style, technique or gear is intrinsically better than the other. But that doesn’t mean some things – mainly different catfishing rods – aren’t better suited for some situations than others.