got the vortex today. is a very low mounting ring
should be good to go. so i put battery in and turned it
on. the dot looked like a sunset. a kind of dot with
light to the sides not a clean dot. so was kind of bummed.
i looked on vortex's sight about warranty and seen a trouble
shooting link. so looked at list for red dot sights.
so here is what it said.
"If the dot of your riflescope doesn't look perfectly round, the distortion may be caused by the way your eye perceives the dot—making the dot appear misshapen. This is called astigmatism. Most everyone has some degree of natural astigmatism. Here are a few ways to tell if the distortion you are seeing is caused by your eyes or is a problem with the scope:"
"1 Look through the scope with your other eye. If the dot changes shape from one eye to the other, the misshapen dot is likely caused by astigmatism."
tried other eye looked more like a dot. i have lazy eye, so was weak eye seen more of a dot.
"2 Look through the scope and rotate the scope on its optical axis. If the irregular shape maintains its position, it's probably because of how your eyes are seeing the dot. If the irregular shape of the dot rotates with the scope, there may be a problem with the scope."
the irregular shape stayed the same while rotating scope.
3 Try photographing the dot. Close the objective flip cover of the scope, place the lens of a digital camera up against the eyepiece of the scope, and take a photo of the dot. Compare the photo with what you are seeing through the scope. If the shape is the same as what you are seeing through the scope, the scope may be defective.
took a few photo's the white is from camera flash.
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the dot's look fine from photo's. so i did some reading on astigmatism
is rather common. well after doing some reading. i put my glasses on and
i got mostly a dot with a little halo to it. but 90% better than without my glasses. this is something i did not know about red dot sights. glad i went
cheaper to try one. aside from that seems pretty good.
thanks all
Lruss