Optics

A greatly reduced TV distortion value of just 0.59% and a minimum focusing distance of 2m ensures high quality close-up pictures with a wide angle.

The super wide angle manual lens “KOWA PROMINAR 8.5mm F2.8” has an angle of view of 106 degrees. This greatly reduces TV distortion to a value of just 0.12% producing high-definition pictures and movies.

It couldn’t be easier to start taking highly magnified images or video with your smartphone via the Kowa RP Series smartphone adapters.

The Kowa Photo Adapter for Samsung Galaxy S5 allows a Samsung Galaxy S5 to effectively use a Kowa spotting scope or binocular as a telephoto lens. This adapter includes a holder as well as 41mm and 55mm adapter rings.

With the Photo Adapter for Galaxy S4, your Kowa spotting scope or binocular can be used as a high-powered telephoto lens for your smartphone.

Now you can combine the high quality camera and HD video functions of your iPhone with the power and quality of a spotting scope or binocular to create an ultra compact, high quality super telephoto lens.

The Kowa TSN-EC1A Eyepiece Conversion Ring is required when using aTSN-82SV/660M/600 series eyepiece with a TSN-820/820M series.

The Kowa TSN-CR3 Conversion Ring allows for the larger and more advanced TSN-PZ Zoom Camera Adapter to be used with TSN-660/600 series spotting scopes.

This adapter allows you to use the Kowa 60mm, 61mm, 66mm, & 82mm spotting scopes for digiscoping purposes without using your existing eyepiece!

Kowa’s 43mm TSN-AR Series Camera Adapter Ring is used to mount your DSLR or point-and-shoot camera to compatible Kowa spotting scopes using the lens’ filter threads.

Kowa’s 37mm TSN-AR Series Camera Adapter Ring is used to mount your DSLR or point-and-shoot camera to compatible Kowa spotting scopes using the lens’ filter threads.

Kowa’s 28mm TSN-AR Series Camera Adapter Ring is used to mount your DSLR or point-and-shoot camera to compatible Kowa spotting scopes using the lens’ filter threads.

The Kowa TSN-PA6 DSLR Camera Digiscoping Adapter allows your DSLR camera body to be mounted on a TSN-770 or TSN-880 series spotting scope for capturing photos and video using the scope as a telephoto lens.

Use with our flagship 99/88/880/770 series spotting scopes combined with a Kowa TE-11WZ TE-80XW or TE-10Z eyepiece.

At the heart of the TSN-550 PROMINAR series spotting scope beats a fluorite crystal objective lens. This natural mineral has an outstanding feature of very low dispersion that cannot be found in optical glass.