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Sp-100 24-1200mm with Red Dot site built in.

Started Jan 29, 2014 | Discussions thread
Michael Geary Regular Member • Posts: 322
Re: Recommend a red dot sight for existing camera?

clearzoom wrote:

Michael Geary wrote:

Hatstand and Scott, thanks very much for the tips!

I canceled my SP-100 order and ordered the Xtend-a-Sight Plus and one of the red dot sights from Amazon. It looks like the same one you have is available under various names - a search on Amazon.com for "red dot sight" found several.

Can't wait to try it out, thanks!

Mike Did the red dot and extend thing worked.

do we really need that extend a sight.

It works great on my E-P5!

You do need the Xtend-a-Sight Plus  or similar bracket, because the red dot sights are made for mounting on the sight rail of a gun. The Xtend-a-Sight is that rail with a hotshoe mount underneath it.

Brando sells a red dot sight bundled with a bracket, but I seem to recall a mention here that it wasn't as good quality as the Xtend-a-Sight. It is cheaper than buying the two separately though. If you search for "red dot sight" on Amazon you'll see a number of them including this red-green sight which is the same one that Brando bundles. This same item is sold under a LOT of different names, some red-green and some red only. (The red-only ones have more different levels of brightness.)

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