Re: Scope eye fatigue question..
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Aries64</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: hunter223</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I've had lots of good glass, and It always seems to happen to me. </div></div>
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: chpprguy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">stupid question.....
have you tried readjusting the ocular? </div></div>
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: hunter223</div><div class="ubbcode-body">yeah, I just don't know where to set it differently, when it's all the way in, the reticle is razor sharp </div></div>
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-style: italic">hunter223</span></span>, the question is, do you know the correct procedure for Diopter adjustment, and did you take the time to set the adjustment correctly? From what you've said, it doesn't sound like it.
Below is the correct procedure for Diopter adjustment for variable power scopes. The procedure is the same regardless of scope manufacturer, or whether the objective/parallax focus is on the objective ring or is a side focus type.
(1) Turn the magnification ring to maximum (highest power).
(2) Turn the Parallax focus to "Infinity" (the symbol for Infinity looks like a figure eight). <span style="font-weight: bold">NOTE:</span> Most non-side focus scopes use a ring on the objective bell to adjust parallax, and the distances are usually numbered. Side focus parallax adjustment knobs may or may not be have distances marked.
(3) Turn the ocular bell/eyepiece all the way in.
(4) Aim the scope at a cloudless section of the sky (you don't want anything except sky in the view, or else your eye will naturally attempt to focus on the object in the view beyond the reticle.
(5) Look at something nearby, but not too close, then look through the scope at the reticle. If the reticle is out-of-focus turn it a bit to begin to focusing the reticle, but look away from the scope. Never look at the reticle for more than a couple of seconds when adjusting the eyepiece (if you look at the reticle for more than a second or two your eye will naturally begin to adjust to bring the reticle into focus - and you don't want this to happen. <span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-weight: bold">You want to be able to look through the scope and see a sharply focused reticle immediately with your eye relaxed</span></span>). This cannot be achieved by continuously looking through the scope and turning the eyepiece into focus in one continous motion because your eye will have already begun to adjust.
Remember, look away every few seconds and make small adjustments to dial-in the eyepiece focus. Once you have achieved this, you should not adjust the eyepiece at all, unless your vision changes over time <span style="font-style: italic">(it always does).</span> If someone else shoots your rifle, put a pen mark on the eyepiece cover indexed to the index dot on the scope tube - if the tube doesn't have an index mark use a pencil.
Keith </div></div>
Thanks Keith, I've never set the paralax on infinity before. I'll try that this evening and see if the eyepiece winds up at a different setting. I've also been suggested to leave my non-shooting eye open but covered, like with an eyepatch.
