Swarovski BTX - new binocular spotting scope - Austria tour February 2017 © Biotope

Testing and reviewing the new Swarovski BTX spotting scope.

[@mrmaxaxl]

Just bought it yesterday! One word: AMAZING!! It was worth the long hard saving and living cheap. I am the happiest man alive when I'm scoping in nature watching birds, the moon, stars and planes :D

[@TormodAmundsen]

Congrats :) its the greatest tool for making nature experiences even better! Enjoy 😊✌️

[@grahammiller4985]

@@TormodAmundsen Great review! Can you help guide me to all of the components of your setup? Looks very well balanced. Thank you!

[@TormodAmundsen]

@@grahammiller4985 thanks! Find the spotting scope set up here: www.swarovskioptik.com/at/en/birding/products/spotting-scopes/atx-stx-btx/atx-stx-btx-set/btx-spotting-scope-system/5380551-B2 It is the BTX module with the 85mm scope module.

[@TormodAmundsen]

@@grahammiller4985 also: for tripod video head i always prefer Manfrotto. Choose according to your favoured price range. But not the smallest one. They are very good. www.manfrotto.com/no-nb/produkter/videostativ/videohode/

[@TormodAmundsen]

@@grahammiller4985 a carbon fibre tripod is also a gppd choice. I use Sirius and Benro for the most part. Solid price / stability ratio. Good luck 👌👍

[@CoCojoy420]

Have a friend who has nothing but optics Swarovski , wow datum, many adjectives I could use, truly the best optics i have ever used.

[@billiebleach7889]

Another brilliant Swarovski instrument I’ll never own. Yay...

[@Christof_Classen]

*But it has NO 3D-Effect, because its a MONO sent to a Bino (Left and Right is exact the same Picture), so you have the most expensive Fake-Bino ;)*

[@TormodAmundsen]

Yes, you are correct about the 3d... Dont get them if you think its for 3d effect. It is not fake, as it was never designed to be 3d. The benfit is in the comfort of viewing. Not having to close one eye and view with the other like normal monocular telescopes.

[@newera3757]

good comment - you saved me money

[@hector5851]

The same could be said about binocular microscopes.

[@PeterKnagge]

As you're all talking Swarovski scopes I know I'm out of my league, but why not just digiscope with a mono ocular? It's probably just me however it seems a lot of money just for a bino ocular. It definitely looks good though, and if they gave me one I'd take it no complaints.

[@joebloggs7522]

Very nice system for long term observations

[@TormodAmundsen]

Indeed😊👌

[@SimonWattsWILDPresentationsUK]

Thanks Tormod - I wonder if it's patent tight as well as water-tight. Will we have a Leica Bino-scope in the off'ing?!

[@TormodAmundsen]

WILD Presentations 024 7601 6471 i'm sure the other top brands will follow! Great viewing experience

[@jesseryan4053]

What was the tripod you had the btx mounted to? It’s very nice

[@TormodAmundsen]

Jesse Ryan its the Swarovski brand tripod 👍 worked super

[@davidkozelsky]

I’m hoping Vortex will come up with it soon!

[@themintaddict2090]

That's a REALLY SMOOTH AND STABLE TRIPOD HOLY, please tell me the name and brand I'll probably save up for, dreamin...

[@TormodAmundsen]

All Swarovski 👌👌

[@xxzenooniixx3199]

how far can this zoom? and can this be used for 1-2 mile distance?

[@myke.h2913]

Very nice but oh the price!!.

[@Christof_Classen]

*Buy a Bicycle and not a Car, and then you can buy this Scope ;)*

[@luizpisco3454]

You get what you pay for...😉😉😉

[@WvhKerkhof]

Now we can make stereo photo's too, 3 dimensional, or not?

[@TormodAmundsen]

Its not as 3d of a feel a regular binocular, which are double tubes. But it has the viewing comfort of using both eyes. Stereo in, mono out... ✌️

[@general8vergel]

cost more than $5,000 OMG

[@Michael-rl5ki]

What tripods are everyone using?

[@spingylvergara8807]

great

[@TormodAmundsen]

Spingyl Vergara thank you 🙏 And, yes the btx scope is very great :)

[@spingylvergara8807]

yes very nice

[@JuanRamirez-eg6rl]

But what is the price $$

[@enriquejaramillo4244]

How much?

[@waynerobinson7143]

Shame it’s only fixed power

[@ShakespeareCafe]

Birding dream but most buy for death sports

[@MrWesleymoon]

Do not forget you will loose half the aperature of the primary lens doing it this way.

[@RedShiftedDollar]

Isn’t it that you lose half the brightness to each eye? It seems this would be 1/sqrt(2) loss of aperture in terms of brightness while retaining full benefit of the enhanced resolution. This means higher useful magnification is possible but general performance will be comparable to binoculars with 70% the aperature.

[@amirarianjahannama8599]

عالی

[@sonfire1]

So , how many of you sold kidney s to buy this ?~~~

[@XJarhead360]

One kidney and my first born...tripod was extra...so I sold my car.

[@1989inception]

Captain 1985 lmao!

[@themintaddict2090]

@@XJarhead360 AHAHHA

[@lsticker1144]

hopeless video very untraiNed way. what is the distance km it can view??

[@dannybeeh6332]

L Sticker Hopeless video? Your grammar is the most hopeless here. What the hell are you trying to say? I can’t understand you.

[@buzahraful]

May be he meaning useless

[@luizpisco3454]

Swarovsky... Fodovsky... 😉😉😉😉😉😉😂😂

[@sappandevkota5349]

Give me 1

[@edinalic8943]

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