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Whilst a relatively new brand in the US, Canada and the rest of North America, Hawke Sport Optics has been producing optics in Europe and the UK for more than thirty years and they now supply binoculars, riflescopes, crossbow scopes as well as spotting scopes and accessories to over forty countries throughout the world.
Hawke Sport Optics currently produce five different ranges of scopes and thus cover most peoples needs and budgets. Below are the details of each series:
In the past, Hawke had six different models within the Endurance range, with both angled and straight through options and some with ED glass in their lenses and some without. This has been slimmed down and there are now only four separate models, all of which are angled at 45 degrees and contain ED glass.
Hawke Sport Optics splits these four models into two size categories: with the Endurance ED Compact containing a small 15-45x60mm model and the tiny, very travel-friendly 13-39x50mm scope.
Then the other two models fall under the "standard" Endurance ED banner and consist of a 16-48x68mm model and a large, powerful 25-75x85mm scope.
In the past, I have reviewed a 50mm Hawke Endurance spotting scope, it was a little less expensive as it came without ED glass and a different 12-36x magnification range, but this is no longer being produced. This for me is a slight shame as whilst they may not quite reduce color fringing as much as the others, the quality of the view was still very good in my opinion. You may still be able to find these at some retailers and so maybe still worth checking out: My review of the Hawke Endurance 12-36x50 Spotting Scope
The 68mm Hawke Endurance ED scope with its 16-48x zoom eyepiece strikes a nice balance between portability and light gathering, whilst the large 85mm scope designed to collect the maximum amount of light enabling higher magnifications and/or for the best quality and brightest images even in very low light situations.
As you can see in all my full reviews of these Endurance ED scopes, this series combines a whole host of high-end optical components with features like a well designed and lightweight magnesium alloy body, to produce a scope with an impressive performance level, but which Hawke Sport Optics has still managed to keep the costs down to appeal to a wider audience.
So whilst a few years back now, the 85mm version bagged the award as the Best Spotting Scope for 2014, but it is still in my opinion one of the best scopes out there in this class. The full review of the 20-60x85 Endurance ED.
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The Panorama ED Series from Hawke Sport Optics is currently their flagship scope and as you would expect for a top of the range, spec product they use the finest materials both in the body design and in the optical system.
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The Panorama ED spotting scope is fully waterproof and comes with a removable zoom eyepiece that has a twist-up eye cup that ensures you maintain the correct eye-relief no matter if you wear glasses or not.
The use of ED glass elements in the lenses help to ensure that chromatic aberrations are minimized, which in real terms almost completely eliminates color fringing on the viewed image.
Fully multi-coated optics and a dielectric coated prism ensures that as much of the collected light is transmitted to your eyes, for the best quality and brightest image possible.
Digiscoping
Hawke advertise that this scope is compatible for use with almost all cameras and supply a number of adapters depending on your needs.
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Described by Hawke Sport Optics as the ideal beginners spotting scope kit, the angled Nature scopes come with either 60mm or 70mm objective lenses and are obviously aimed at the more budget conscious observer.
To keep costs down to a minium they of course lack most of the most expensive coatings, yet they still seem to have all the basic bases covered, including optics that are fully-multi coated and thus should still deliver a bright and good image quality:
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Below are a the most recent Hawke spotting scope reviews that I have written:
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View >> All Hawke Spotting Scopes reviewed on The Best Spotting Scope Reviews website.
As well scopes, Hawke Sport Optics manufacture a large selection of binoculars in a wide range of sizes and price categories designed for all types of pursuits and uses including birding, hunting, general wildlife observation, camping, hiking, safaris, traveling and general use.
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For these and many other reviews I have written on Hawk bins, as well as to get a more detailed overview of all their binoculars be sure to check out my Hawke Binoculars Section on BBR.
Deben Group Industries is as far as I know the sole supplier and distributor of Hawke:
Address:
Deben Group Industries Ltd,
Avocet House, Wilford Bridge Road Melton,
Woodbridge IP12 1RB
UK
Phone: 01394 387762
Fax: 01394 386255
Email: [email protected]