Category Archives: Hawke Optics Spotting Scopes

Hawke Optics T-rings

Posted on March 21, 2012 by NigelPennington

Why do Northern Optics sell and recommend Hawke Optics T-rings ?. In order to get a safe and secure lock on to your SLR / DSLR body, the t-ring needs to be of a good quality. Your camera locking pin … Continue reading →

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Hawke Optics Full Sized Tripod

Posted on November 26, 2011 by NigelPennington

The Hawke full sized tripod at £89.95 (Nov 2011 price) nicely bridges the gap between the cheaper plastic versions and the heavier Aluminium tripods. Made from light weight aluminium and complete with carry case, this is a very portable mount. … Continue reading →

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Digiscoping with a Hawke Nature Trek spotting scope

Posted on November 15, 2011 by NigelPennington

These methods apply to the Hawke Nature Trek 80mm & 100mm ED or non ED and the 65mm ED versions. For compact cameras (not bridge) use the Hawke large digiscoping adapter. Item number 3723. This simply clamps to the spotting … Continue reading →

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Celestron Ultima spotting scope Vs Hawke Optics Nature Trek spotting scope

Posted on September 13, 2011 by NigelPennington

For this comparison I used the Celestron Ultima 80/45 and a Hawke Optics Nature Trek 80/45. Both were non ED models. First of all lets start with the optics. They both use the same 80mm objective and 20-60x eyepiece. So … Continue reading →

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Hawke Optics Nature Trek 16-48×65 ED Spotting Scope

Posted on June 30, 2011 by NigelPennington

A small aperture spotting scope from Hawke with big spotting scope performance. In short, the 65ED will easily outperform a similar priced 100mm non ED. On testing I could find virtually no false colour whatsoever (even on the edge of … Continue reading →

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