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WKR
I am impressed to say the least. I caught a deal on a 95mm objective and even though I didn't feel I needed it, I thought I would jump on the deal and try the 95mm to see what the hype is about.
Granted, I have only spent one evening and one morning now glassing a field behind my house with it, but the difference between the ATX 65mm and the ATX 95mm is significantly noticeable. FOV, resolution and clarity, a little more zoom, and brightness all seem to be better in the scope over the smaller 65mm.
I picked up a coyote in some grass at ~1000 yards this morning that stood out clear as day with the 95mm. Switched over to the 65mm and I think I would have scanned right over him and missed him. I found him with the 65mm, but with the 95mm I knew as soon as I saw him what it was - it just popped. I was also glassing some geese well beyond where my 2k yard rangefinder could range and could easily make out colors and see detail that I was astonished with that far away.
Putting them on my scale the 95mm is just over a 1 pound heavier. I didn't write exact weights down, but I recall the 65mm was 3lb 11oz I think and the 95mm was right at 5lb even with the ATX eye piece.
The downsides are defiantly the size, its a big lens with some girth and 4-5" longer than the 65mm (I did not measure, just giving it the look test). I had to rearrange stuff in my safe to get it to fit. I can also confirm that it would not do well on an outdoorsman micro panhead. If you were glassing extreme angles it would flop over way too easy. I am also running a Slik 634 and I am wondering how that tripod will do with that bigger, heavier spotter on it in some wind. Up on the 70x zoom it was defiantly sensitive to shake.
That 1lb difference is going to be hard to not pack around this summer and fall.
Granted, I have only spent one evening and one morning now glassing a field behind my house with it, but the difference between the ATX 65mm and the ATX 95mm is significantly noticeable. FOV, resolution and clarity, a little more zoom, and brightness all seem to be better in the scope over the smaller 65mm.
I picked up a coyote in some grass at ~1000 yards this morning that stood out clear as day with the 95mm. Switched over to the 65mm and I think I would have scanned right over him and missed him. I found him with the 65mm, but with the 95mm I knew as soon as I saw him what it was - it just popped. I was also glassing some geese well beyond where my 2k yard rangefinder could range and could easily make out colors and see detail that I was astonished with that far away.
Putting them on my scale the 95mm is just over a 1 pound heavier. I didn't write exact weights down, but I recall the 65mm was 3lb 11oz I think and the 95mm was right at 5lb even with the ATX eye piece.
The downsides are defiantly the size, its a big lens with some girth and 4-5" longer than the 65mm (I did not measure, just giving it the look test). I had to rearrange stuff in my safe to get it to fit. I can also confirm that it would not do well on an outdoorsman micro panhead. If you were glassing extreme angles it would flop over way too easy. I am also running a Slik 634 and I am wondering how that tripod will do with that bigger, heavier spotter on it in some wind. Up on the 70x zoom it was defiantly sensitive to shake.
That 1lb difference is going to be hard to not pack around this summer and fall.