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Your cart is empty.The Hummingbird spotting scope shares many qualities with its namesake bird. In the wild, hummingbirds are known for their very small size, their agility (they can fly in most any direction at will), and their ability to travel long distances (many migrate between South and North America). The Celestron Hummingbird is the world’s first “micro” spotting scope well suited for hikers, birders, and other wildlife watchers on the go. Standard spotting scopes tend to be large and/or heavy, making them inconvenient to carry long distances in the field. The Hummingbird will shatter your expectations for how lightweight and compact a spotting scope can be, so you’ll take it places you never thought possible. You can easily hold this spotting scope in one hand, place it in a pocket, or pack it along in your carry-on luggage without compromising space. Although it is small, Hummingbird does not compromise on quality. All air-to-glass surfaces are fully multi-coated with high transmission optical coatings. The result is maximum light transmission for bright, sharp and contrast images. The prism is phase-coated BaK4, which increases contrast and resolution for sharper, more detailed images. The durable body of the Hummingbird works to keep the spotting scope protected against bumps and jolts both during transport and in the field. It’s also fully waterproof and nitrogen-purged, so you can use the scope worry-free in downpours, humid conditions, and other environmental challenges. The Hummingbird 9-27x56 spotting scope features a close focus of 10 feet, making it perfect for viewing birds, butterflies, plants, or other nearby subjects. The magnification of the 9-27x56mm spotting scope spans the standard magnification ranges of both a binocular and a spotting scope. No matter how you choose to observe, this versatile spotting scope is an excellent all-around performer. Unlike most spotting scopes, Hummingbird is so small that you can use it handheld at the lowest magnification level for a quick view of your subject. Travelers who want to save space can replace both their binocular and their spotting scope with this one optic. But the scope is also tripod adaptable, so you can secure it to a stable platform for comfortable long-duration or long-distance viewing. Hummingbird provides plenty of eye relief for use with or without eyeglasses. For use while wearing eyeglasses, leave the twist-up eyecup in the lowered position. For use while not wearing eyeglasses, twist the twist-up eyecup into the extended position.
Iva
Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2024
Buen producto, excelente precio, esa foto la tomé con el telescopio, muy buena calidad de imagen para la distancia que necesito.
Ana I.
Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2024
This is good scope but very small.
DaTan
Reviewed in Canada on June 4, 2024
Small and light were at the top of our list of must haves and the Hummingbird seemed to check a lot of boxes even though the smallish 56 mm objective was a compromise. Our decision was whether to get the standard Hummingbird or the one with an ED element, which was twice the price. We chose the standard model and are very satisfied. Mounted on a trekking pole that incorporates a tripod mount, the spotting scope is a lightweight and useful tool for our walks in the woods.
JC
Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2024
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MM
Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2024
I shoot medium caliber to 100 yards max and I can see holes in target. I would not expect it work beyond that. But its small, light, and has good FOV and fits in range bag nice. Seems like good quality optics for the price.
Alejandro
Reviewed in Mexico on November 15, 2024
Mucho mejor de lo que me esperaba, los blancos a 100 mts sin problemas, la calidad de la imagen es muy buena y en condiciones normales, soleadas si presenta muy poquita aberración acromática pero nada que sea molesto, en el campo de tiro pudimos ver los impacto en las siluetas a 500 mts sin ningún problema.
Client d'
Reviewed in France on October 15, 2024
Lunette compacteapparait solidebelle clarté et traitement des verres ED pour éviter le dédoublement à fort grossissement indispensablebonne plage de grossissement (vue d'ensemble à vue d'un détail possible)un pied est nécessaire si fort grossissement (sinon ça bouge beaucoup)housse de rangement bienvenue pour transport partout
Nik
Reviewed in Australia on February 27, 2023
Easy to deploy on the range without hassle of oversize unit. Crystal clear image.
Ket
Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2023
Small and light yet capable. It reaches just beyond your typical bino. Sharpness is very good at the wider magnifications; Color fringing is visible and annoying at the higher end of the zoom. Good optics and very well made. Very good contrast and color rendition.Cons: Optically, chromatic aberration can be distracting at higher magnifications. Gets a little soft on the long end. Focus ring is a little too stiff and focusing can cause you to move off of your subject (frame). Reach is just short of perfect.... wish it got to x36 or so.The best aspects of this capable scope is its portability and solid build. Easy to pack and carry. A good companion to an 8x42 bino. Its fun to use and well designed; easy to recommend.
amazonian
Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2021
I bought this scope do use for duty scoping or taking photographs through the scope with my cell phone while on a trip to Alaska. I haven’t gone to Alaska yet but I practiced in my backyard. I wanted to see how much closer I could actually get too far away animals but we’re perhaps at the distance that we might be seeing bears or whales on our trip. In the photos attached I compare an image fully zoomed out on my iPhone XR, fully zoomed in into the digital zoom range in which you can see how much resolution is lost, and then, zoomed out but using The Celestron hummingbird as a digit scope. And one set of pictures I am zooming in on a neighbors aluminum siding wall that is about 180 feet away. In another image I’m zooming in on a rusty satellite dish atop a building that is a city block away where I live in Brooklyn. You can see that I can get incredible detail and much higher resolution using the digi scope set up and taking a picture using my phone with an adapter, through the hummingbird. The adapter I used was theGosky smart phone digiscoping adapter sold on amazon. Of note, I also used a tripod as there is absolutely no way to find the image and focusing on it without one. I also used a small Bluetooth shutter release button that I got for about seven bucks on Amazon and synced with my phone using Bluetooth so that I didn’t shake the phone while pressing the screen to take an image.So that’s the good news. Great quality images of objects far away are possible. I will say however that there is some color flowering that happens with the scope. There’s a fancy name for it if you understand optics. It is apparently diminished using an ED version of the same hummingbird scope, apparently ED signifies a fancy and expensive lens coding that they offer as an option, but that was $150 more. I decided I could put up with it.The most challenging aspect of this is that it’s hard to find things through the scope. The angle of the scope is good for attaching the phone and using the phone as the screen but when you are trying to zoom in on and focus on a bear for example, I don’t think that I could do that using my screen. I need to look with my eyes and find the object and focus. Then I had to attach the phone to the scope. Then you have to zoom in a little bit because otherwise the image is a circle with black around the edges as is the case with all spotting scopes but when you zoom in just a bit you can get a full screen image. Some more fiddling with the focus was then necessary. Anytime you touch the phone or the scope while it’s on the tripod you knock the image out of the frame and have to readjust. So at the end of the day I’m not sure if this is going to be practical unless a bear is extremely accommodating and stands completely still while I miss around for about a minute. It certainly wouldn’t work for birds. I’m not sure it will work for Whales. Because of one popped up off to the right by the time I got my scope fixed on where it was and try to focus it would be somewhere else.I really wish there was a way to zoom in more with my iPhone. I don’t want to buy a fancy camera and a fancy zoom lens and learn how to use them just for my trip. So I will bring the set up. It’s fairly lightweight and portable although once you add the tripod along I certainly won’t be bringing it on a hike. but when I am viewing wild animals from our expedition ship or from a stationary location at a wilderness lodge for example, it might work.
Lou
Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2021
Although the lenses in the model I’m reviewing are not HI Def, the resolution could be adjusted very clear (tri-pod is necessary, of course) I was disappointed that focus couldn’t be maintained as ‘scope is zoomed, which makes it very difficult for whale watching and photographing from shore here in Tacoma.
Ness
Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2021
Bird watching + basic Moon/planets and of course it's not high power but great zoom for what I do with it.
Laura2013
Reviewed in Spain on May 9, 2020
Estoy encantada con la compra. Buena relación calidad-precio.
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