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Product Feature
- 90 mm (3.5") Diameter Maksutov spotting scope
- Multi Coated Optics
- Comes with 32 mm Eyepiece, 45° Erect Image Diagonal and 8x21 Erect Image Finderscope
- Compact and Portable Design
- Built-in T-Adapter threads for Ease of Adapting SLR Cameras
Product Description
Perfect for all Types of Viewing Situations! Celestron's C90 Mak is ideal for outdoor and wildlife observing, as well as hunting and celestial viewing. The Maksutov optical design is recognized for being a portable design that is easy to use and has a variety of applications, making it an excellent choice for both terrestrial and astronomical usage. This C90 Mak has excellent optics with razor sharp images over a wide field.
Product Detail
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1105 in Camera & Photo
- Size: One Size
- Color: Black
- Brand: Celestron
- Model: C90 Mak
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 10.00" h x7.00" w x16.00" l,5.07 pounds
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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful.
Shooting Range
By M. West
I bought this for the shooting range, spotting past 300 yards. I have a hard time justifying $2000 for a spotting scope so I thought I'd try the C90. I purchased an addition eyepiece to bring things even closer, but really at 300 yards its fine as is. I `ve been using a Bushnell 20x60x60 and it's fine at 100 yards and a little farther on a sunny day, but that's it. With this I have no problem at 300 Plus yards. Wish I would have known about the C90 before, could have save me $300 on the Bushnell. I'm happy with the C90, bang for the buck it's good. I can easily read the small word or number on a target at 300 yards.
33 of 35 people found the following review helpful.
BEWARE! What you got in the box from Amazon in 2010 is not what you get in 2013
By e whitestone
Get it at Optics Planet, but go to their website for free shipping and no tax. If you buy it from Optics Planet, through Amazon, you have to pay for shipping and the price through Amazon is higher then at Optics Planet direct. Also, at Amazon you only get one eyepiece, no case, no tripod, and no tripod case. At Optics Planet the price is $154.95 with tripod, case, and 2 eyepieces. That makes it only $5.00 more than Amazon, but the additional eyepiece alone is worth at least $25.00, not to mention the rest of the things you get purchasing the scope from Optics Planet.
The build quality of the scope is very nice. I bought it for spotting at the shooting range and photography. I connect my Canon SLR to the scope via 2 required optional parts, the t-ring adapter and the camera adapter for a Canon Camera.
34 of 39 people found the following review helpful.
Astronomy scope?
By Divot
The 52268 has a Vixen-style dovetail mounting plate with 1/4-20 threaded holes which allow it to be mounted on many astronomy and photography tripods. However, for some reason known only to Celestron and OpticsPlanet, as of January 2010 this all-metal scope is being sold as a "spotting scope." It comes with: a 45-degree image-erecting prism; two eyepieces; a 1.25 inch / T-adapter (for a camera); a thing made almost totally of plastic one may, with foolish optimism, call a "tripod"; a tiny 8x21 finder scope; a backpack for the scope and eyepieces; and a very tight bag for the tripod.
To convert the 52268 into an astronomy scope one needs to buy a 90-degree 1.25 inch star diagonal, and I suggest adding a red dot finder, a moon filter, and some astronomy books. Additional eyepieces are not required as the included Plossls are adequate and give you 39x and 100x--two very useful powers. What else? Adding a REAL ASTRONOMY TRIPOD AND MOUNT--something like the Vixen Porta-II or the Astro-Tech Voyager or the Celestron Omni CG-4--could turn this into a very good grab-and-go scope.
I originally rated this as four stars because of the tripod, but the scope shouldn't be penalized. Whoever set up this package could not possibly include a $250 astronomy or photo (see the Manfrotto 055XB and Bogen 410 geared head) tripod for the price.
UPDATE 10/7/10
After using this scope with the Manfrotto 055XB tripod and Bogen 410 geared head mostly for astronomy for about six months, my impressions: You get what you get, which is a 3 1/2 inch aperture (somewhat reduced by the center mirror) telescope. I still like two included eyepieces for astronomy. I could clearly see the single band now visible on Jupiter with the 100x eyepiece this past weekend. The focuser is smooth. Very nice.
But with only 3 1/2 inches-worth of light, you don't get bright views of dim objects. Yes, you can see the ring and dumbbell nebulas in a field of black, but an 8-inch scope breathtakingly fills the black field with stars. This scope works best for the bright stuff: lunar and planetary observing. With that limitation, for its size and price, it is excellent.
As for tripods, the Manfrotto 055XB tripod and Bogen 410 geared head are functional, sturdy, rugged and compact, however the Vixen and Astro-Tech mentioned above are designed for astronomy, and are probably easier to use.
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