Price: $189.99 - $140.30
(as of Dec 22, 2024 18:08:15 UTC - Details)

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Originated in the 1980s, Gosky is an optics manufacturer dedicated to enhancing your rustic vision. Whether you are an outdoor explorer or professional, and if you are going sightseeing, or wildlife observing.

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Variable 20x to 60x magnification and dynamic lens focusing system - makes it easy to zoom in. Perfect for archery, bird watching, wildlife watching, hiking, camping, scenery, outdoor sporting, astronomical observation etc.
Fully multi-coated 80mm green film objective lens provides a field of view at 82.9-48ft/1000yards. The quality BAK4 Porro prism optics increases light transmission and make your view brighter, clearer and delivers crisp images
Nitrogen filled waterproof and fog-proof design enables the scope to withstand the toughest environments. Durable Framework and Rubber Armor provide non-slip grip, shock-proof grip and durable external lasting protection. The eyepiece shield can be stretched out to protect the eyepiece
A smartphone digiscoping adapter included enables you to take photos and videos of what you have observed. Bring the nature closer to you and you can explore the distant world easily through the phone screen. A tripod provides you a more stable observation from any angles. A carry case, eyepiece and lens protection covers, cleaning cloth make you more convenient to carry and maintain
Includes tabletop full metal tripod and tripod mount for steady observations. The carry case, eyepiece and lens protection covers, cleaning cloth make you more convenient to carry and maintain.This phone adapter is compatible with phones having a width of 2.13"" to 3.54"" (54-90 mm). Thickness does not exceed 14mm
Reviewer: Rudy E
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good Value For the Price
Review: The Gosky Updated 20-60x80 Spotting Scopes with Tripod is a very good value for $140. The price is 1/2 to 1/3 the price for a "name" brand (Leupold, Vortex, etc.) spotting scope. The effective range that I used the scope was out to 346 yards using my range finder. I was able to easily make out license plate numbers as a test. Out to 500 yards, the images in the glass were still clear - but not crisp. But, not bad for the price. The only knock on this scope is the quality of the included tripod. But, to me this is not an issue as I planned to mount onto a more stable tripod. I ordered and mounted this spotting scope onto the NEEWER 77 inch Camera Tripod Monopod. The combo work great together!I ordered and waiting for the Athlon Optics Argos HD 20-60x85 Spotting Scope - 45 Degree scope to test out for comparison.

Reviewer: KDub
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great Value!
Review: Needed a spotting scope to help me sight my rifle @ 100 yards or so. Did a lot of looking before I bought another brand with similar specs and pricing (24-72x70 and ~$199, respectively). Unfortunately, I wasn't pleased with the image quality, particularly at max magnification. After more research, I bought the Gosky 20-60x80 scope for comparison purposes. The first scope had a slight advantage in magnification but a slight deficit in objective lens size and glass. The Gosky touts BAK4 optics while the other scope is BK-7. Boy, did I underestimate this difference. The Gosky image quality is clearly superior and lacks nothing in terms of magnification compared to the other, higher-powered scope. I attached a couple of images for direct comparison. The washed-out image is the original scope at max magnification (72x). The clearer and more color-rich image is the Gosky at 60x magnification. I shot both images from the same tripod mount with my iPhone 8 (max camera zoom) using the digiscope adapter that came with the Gosky. The digiscope adapter is a great addition to the product and just adds to the already solid value proposition, imho. The pics are of the peak of my neighbor’s roof, which is approximately 75 yards away, according to my challenged eyeballs. The great reviews of this scope are legit based on my experience. The other scope had some good attributes (i.e. solid build, nice hard case, etc) but it was lacking where it counted - optics. The Gosky delivered in that respect and is very reasonably priced for what you get. I'm sure it does not perform like a $1500 scope but it's not priced like one either. Very pleased with this purchase and would definitely recommend.

Reviewer: The Closet Guy
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Solid Build and Clear View
Review: Start with the bad. The Tripod included is useless. Small and unstable. I have a manfrotto tripod that I used with a medium format film camera. Mounted, this scope is bright. clear and stable. I'm impressed for the cost. Lets see how it performs over time.

Reviewer: Glen Davis
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Excellent
Review: Sure there are better ones on the market. But for the price this unit is surprisingly well made and usable. Clear and zoom in on a dime at 200 yards. I would recommend it for a budget friendly piece.

Reviewer: Christian F Schmid
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great Value for the Money!
Review: My bird watching friends recommended spotting scopes that were way out of my price range! Scopes with prices up to $2,500! I decided as a hobbyist birder I would first try an entry level scope. After reading reviews, I decided on the Gosky 20-60X80. Oh my, was I shocked when I received the scope. It is very solid and of a really nice quality, better than I had expected. It is easy to use, has a sharp focus knob and magnification knob. The included bag is a bit tight and hard to get the scope in and out of but the included tabletop tripod is perfectly adequate. I have mounted the scope to a full size tripod I used for DSLR photography so I have more adjustments and can use it on the ground. You can see the photos I took with the included mobile phone adapter (20X scope magnification and 2X iPhone lens). Check out the video of the Downey Woodpeckers. (20X scope magnification 1X iPhone) They were all taken during cloudy weather, so the light was really not great. I guess the only small drawback to this scope is it is good but not great in low light, especially on higher magnification. I find that by putting the phone on the scope makes it much more comfortable than keeping your eye on the eyepiece, especially when waiting for a bird to land on the feeder. I do like the adjustable eyepiece relief. Is it a $2500 scope, no, but for $125 it is a good, solid scope that gives a clear magnified view so I can identify and photograph birds. I bought it as a starter scope, but as a hobbyist I am not sure why I would spend another $1000+ to upgrade to something that is perhaps marginally better, unless perhaps I was a professional.

Reviewer: Michael H.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Spotting scope
Review: Awesome clarity, phone attachment, where the money for the purchase this spotting scope without due any other kind of scope expensive is awesome for the price. I would recommend it to everybody.

Reviewer: R. Burdyn
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great scope,, your bag sucks, an inch too short,
Review: I love the scope. Works good, stable, clear pic. Th bag is really yo……except you made it too short.It takes a little extra effort to jam it in the bag. Nice bag, nice scope but bag is a pain. Tasco bag is better.You tried to cut corners. Shame

Reviewer: t. Michaloski
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Does a very good job and is easy to use.
Review: This scope when mounted on a decently smooth moving tripod can give you a steady and reliable image. It isn't a high quality optic as there are color arrberations around the perimeter of the image but for this price it is very good.The phone attachment device works very well. I used it to view the eclipse and got a very nice set of photos from it. (Use a sun filter when viewing the sun!)I also use it at the range and it works very well.

Reviewer: Gonzalo
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Te permite alcanzar objetivos muy lejanos con una nitidez muy buena, es facil de usar, la verdad el tripode que trae es muy pequeño, pero puedes adaptarle uno más grande y de mejor calidad, tiene un adaptador para conectar el telefono, lamentablemente no puedes usar una camara fullframe para tomar fotos, pero si tienes un buen telefono ya la armaste..

Reviewer: glen d
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: This is a review aimed at people looking at this scope as a way to get into birding; in addition to pros/cons, I'm going to give my advice for new birders to get started using this, which can maybe also help you tell if digiscoping is going to be the right birdwatching approach for you. I've had this scope for a little less than a year. I have not used any high-end cameras to compare it to.Pros:Really inexpensive way to get into the hobby. For a relatively small cost, you're getting a great zoom level.Perfect for bird identification photos.Seems really robust and sturdy. I don't mind just slinging this over the shoulder and going for a hike, rather than having a lens where I'm worried that any bump is going to cause a misalignment. It is a little heavy, but I'd rather heavy and sturdy than light and fragile.Cons:Weak link is the connector to the phone. It's fiddly to get aligned just right sometimes. Sometimes I think I've gotten a great shot and then checking it out afterwards I have weird dark patches on the photo because the scope and camera weren't totally aligned.The photos you get won't be professional quality. this is less a knock on the scope, moreso, on digiscoping as compared to traditional cameras. You'll get great photos for identification and sharing.If there was one feature I'd like on the scope itself, I'd love some tactile indicator on the focus adjustment knob so you can remember just by touch which way is focusing closer and further. I find myself frequently turning it the wrong way.General advice:1. Get a good tripod. You'll want one that's adjustable up to standing height, light-weight, and has a pan/tilt-handle. (I got one that didn't have a handle and ended up deciding that I needed to make one). The tripod that comes with the scope is sturdy, but setting up and sitting on the ground isn't great for birding. I got one with a ball-head mount, and I'm not sure it's better than one with bi-directional pan head. My sense is that ball-heads allow you to quickly adjust to unusual angles, but pan heads are a little easier for fine-tuning your adjustments. The scope is quite front-heavy when mounted on a tripod.2. Use a good camera app. I use Camera+ 2 on the iphone and find that it's a lot better than the standard camera app. While you can use both the manual focus and the phone's focus ability, I find the best approach is to get my focus close with the scope, and then use the focus on the camera do the rest. A great approach is to use autofocus on something at the same depth as the bird (a branch or leaf), and lock the focus... then you don't have to worry about the bird moving and the camera suddenly deciding to focus on the distant background.Speaking of apps, you'll definitely want to get Merlin, for use with identifying birds... you can leave Merlin running, stay in your camera app, and you'll get notifications when new bird calls are detected. (also, this is a beat of a cheat, but playing a bird call back through Merlin can be a great way to get a shy songbird to come out in the open.) Paying attention to bird calls and learning to recognize them is both rewarding and really useful.3. The zoom on this scope is really powerful, but if there's one thing that's challenging, it's when a bird is too close. There's just no way to focus on a bird that's closer than about 12 feet (and you can't quickly dismount your phone if you want to switch). It's important to understand your zoom on your camera phone: typically you've got both an optical and digital zoom. Digital zoom isn't actually zooming in any closer, just expanding the pixels, so generally there isn't any point in zooming in beyond your optical zoom threshold. Remember that the closer you are, the narrower your depth of field is, so don't bother trying to get as close as you can. If you're photographing a larger bird like a goose or heron, you might not be able to get it all into the shot if you're too close.4. Depending on your phone settings, you may find that your picture is inside a circular vignette, especially when your phone's zoom is set to 1. For my phone, there's a zoom sweet-spot between 1.5 to 2, where the picture fills the full frame and I'm still using optical zoom.5. Accept that it's going to take a while to set up a shot. This is ultimately the big downside to digiscoping: you can't just point-and-shoot. You'll miss out on some shots because the bird takes off while you're still trying to dial in your focus. When I'm photographing songbirds, I spend a lot of time observing what branches they like and where they move, getting my focus locked in on where I think it's going to go, and then waiting. Getting any good action shots likely requires both a lot of preparation and luck.6. Bring a pair of binoculars, even cheap small ones. If you're trying to tell at a distance if a bird is worth your effort, it's easier to just check it out through binoculars first.7. Start with wetlands. Geese and ducks make way better targets for the beginner, since they're large and slow-moving. Songbirds are a lot more challenging. Practice quickly getting your zoom and focus set. Because you're looking down at the scope rather than through it (like a binocular or telescope), it can take a little while to actually get it pointed where you want as well, so it's good to practice using landmarks (ie. that bird is below a prominent tree on the horizon so I'll find that tree first, and then pan down until I get to the bird).8. A lot of your photo quality is going to be determined by your post-processing. This is something I'm not really experienced with yet, but if you want to try and push this beyond just identification into really vivid, high-quality photos, you'll need to work in a desktop photo-processing app.

Reviewer: da silva bodeao emmanuel
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Franchement impressionner par cette longue vue. Image nette en zoom x20 x40 et plus sombre a x60 mais reste acceptable surtout pour le prix. Je regrette pas mon achat. Je regarder la lune avec et franchement j’ai été vraiment surpris de pourvoir voir les cratères aussi bien. Aucun regret

Reviewer: Ed (carpenter, general builder)
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Easy to set-up and use. Nice to find the small tripod was made of metal and not plastic. The shudder on the video is passing, speeding lorrys at 3am. On the lowest zoom find your object, then twist the coller on the scope from 20x, upto 70x zoom, then make the object crisp and fully in focus by twisting another knob 10x. Finally zoom in on your phone to get a full screen image with no circle.The Mobile phone attachment is very useful. It is a frame that fits on your phone, adjustable to the lens position on your phone. Once on the phone put over eyepiece on the scope and twist the coller to lock your phone in place. This method is easy but could be redesigned to click on with a rubber sheild to illuminate light from the contact between phone and lense. This would be better - clearly. I however had no issue filming and photographing at night.It's a very good scope, the quality I can't fault. If you want to photograph moving objects like airplanes, this will be possible by calculating the speed and direction and setting the scope ahead of it and wait for it to enter view. I can see this can be used to photograph bird on nests. It's not something's you can quickly pull from your pocket point and click to capture a flying bird however as it does take a moment to set up.For the money I'm delighted. I've used it once so far. I went outside at 3am and stayed watching the Moon for 1.5 hours.Remember you get what you pay for. Get the highest zoom in your budget. I'm glad I purchased this. A van or shed is never big enough and a zoom is no different, no matter the power we will want more, so buy the most powerful zoom your budget allows.

Reviewer: Santy
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I am quite satisfied with the product and have also been using this spotting scope for occasional exploration of the stars & constellations and take pictures of them with my galaxy s9 plus mobile camera, which can be easily attached to the scope. The results have been great for my expectations and therefore happy with the investment.