K&F Concept 12X42 Monocular Telescope with Phone Holder,HD
K&F Concept 12X42 Monocular Telescope with Phone Holder,HD Monoculars for Adults with BAK4 Prism & FMC Lens,Monocular Scope with Dual Focus Suitable for Bird Watching Hunting Wildlife Hiking Traveling
| Weight: | 325 Grams |
| Dimensions: | 15.5 x 7 x 7 centimetres |
| Brand: | K&F Concept |
| Part: | KF33.058 |
| Dimensions: | 15.5 x 7 x 7 centimetres |
| Reference: | KF33.058 |
This is a decent monocular.
The focusing barrel is very easy to rotate with one finger.
The eyepiece has a telescoping cup.
There are two rubber covers for the front and rear ends of the monocular.
The magnification is average.
It will not blow you away.
The smartphone attachment is practically useless.
It lacks adjustment of the phone left-right (it only adjusts up/down), and it does not mount securely on the eye piece.
Great Monocular Telescope With Phone Mount & Accessories! This is easy to use and portable, made durable with high quality materials. It is compact, portable, and you can tune in to the clarity more by using the dial on the top. Overall, it’s great to use by itself or with the attachments and accessories. It would be great to bring star gazing, camping, bird watching, at the theater, enjoying sport games etc.
This is my first monocular. I liked the idea of having something smaller than a pair of binoculars, and generally I figured I didn’t need two eyes to see whatever I’m looking at that far away. For the record I own a few pairs of binoculars.
These are 12×42 – so they magnify things by 12 times and the end that your eye doesn’t look in is 42mm in diameter (so it lets in more light than a 12×25 would). You also won’t find a 12×56 that is as compact as this, and likewise – this is larger than any 12×25 you would look at. To me this was all a good trade off for what I wanted.
They have a really good focal length to them. I can focus on something as close as 8 ft away (great for seeing a bumblebee close-up). I have some binoculars that wouldn’t focus until you were 30 ft away. I can’t find anything far enough away to get anywhere close to the other end of the focal distance ( km is nowhere near far enough).
I did find (because I wear a hat nearly constantly when outside) that I wanted to hold it with the focal knob to the 3 o’clock position. You wouldn’t expect this to be a problem, but the far end cap is not removable, but rather dangles onto the bottom (good so you don’t lose it) – however when you hold it at 3 o’clock the end cap becomes 9 o’clock and often dangles into the field of view. To combat I either take my hat off, or rotate it back (edit: I pulled out the retainer, and now I just try not to lose it like the front one).
Aside from that the phone mount worked quite well for what it is(likely only good for 50 to 85mm wide phones). If you use the zoom on your phone you have to be very careful on the positioning. Also if you have multiple lenses on your phone it becomes more challenging again (in the video I free-handed an S21 with the open camera app which allows me to lock in on one of the cameras with a max digital zoom at 7.9). You want the eyepiece close to the phone or else you will only get a circular image (vignette?). Each time you put your phone in you likely have to re-align it since you might not set the mount at the same height on your phone. I also really liked the fact that it had a tripod mounting nut 1/4″). I don’t use the side handle and will very likely become permanently lost in some drawer. Although the cell phone mount is small it doesn’t (at least for me) fit in the case with the monocular. Case and monocular weighed 391g, and on it’s own it weighed 325g
This is a decent monocular. The focusing barrel is very easy to rotate with one finger. The eyepiece has a telescoping cup. There are two rubber covers for the front and rear ends of the monocular.
The magnification is average. It will not blow you away. The carry case and the straps are a little below average: very crude.
The smartphone attachment is practically useless. It lacks adjustment of the phone left-right (it only adjusts up/down), and it does not mount securely on the eye piece.
Overall, this monocular is not a toy; it’s quite decent.
But it’s far from being great, too.
The telescope in itself is of an interesting size, making it possible to carry it around in a side pocket that can hold a 500ml bottle of water.
The protection cap, the quality of the optics and the distance adjustment are very precise and there is no loose.
The phone attachment is a fun gadget, not professional, but fun to use, take pictures or distant “vintage” videos.
Verdict : 4.5 stars
4 stars for the telescope + 0.5 star for the attachment.
The telescope is great, the attachment, while highly dependant on the phone’s optics, is a fun gadget to add.
I have wanted a K&F Concept 12X42 Monocular Telescope with Phone Holder, for a while. I would love to be able to take more up close photos with my phone, and this has a build in phone holder. It works great, and you can get really nice clear shoots with this. Also works great just as a telescope for birdwatching or watching boats out on the water etc. Love this.
Monoculaire livr avec un tui de transport, une chiffonnette, une notice d’utilisation, une sangle et un clip pour smartphone. Il est possible de placer ce monoculaire sur un trpied (non fourni). Le clip pour tlphone permet de placer un smartphone afin de prendre des clichs travers l’objectif. Le rsultat est plutt bon mais le support manque un peu de stabilit.
La patience est de mise avec les smartphones ayant plusieurs camras : il faut trouver le bon placement devant la camra souhaite et surtout il peut y avoir quelques soucis d’autofocus (voir photo), ce qui se traduit par des images un peu floues sur les bords.
Dans l’ensemble, ce monoculaire est simple utiliser, tanche et assez intuitif. Une seule main suffit l’utiliser grce la sangle fournie. Il est lger, prcis et la prise en main est excellente.
Current price point at the time/date of this review: $69.99 with a $20 off coupon currently being provided by the seller at this time. While the pricing is fair it’s certainly not the lowest I’ve seen for 12×42 monocular. Nothing too special about the price as it’s quite common here on the marketplace. In fact everything about this product package is quite common and ordinary – nothing too special about it.
Design typical, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but shop around for a design you might appreciate better. The same goes with the build quality.
Does it work? Yes, but keep your expectations in check, it’s not a super powerful zoom. The focus wheel/knob is conveniently situated at the top and the overall form factor allows for a firm grip. Using it with your phone takes a little practice and micro movements to get it just right, so be patient.
This K & F Concept 12 X 42 Monocular Telescope is well constructed, lightweight and compact.
Held my phone fine but needs a VERY steady hand or a tripod stand. The bottom is threaded for a tripod. It did show a “ghost” photo of it attached to a tripod in the description but I didn’t anticipate that it was included based on the price. No smell at all to the product as stated in another review.
Looking forward to closely watching the loon nest in our bay next year.
Currently reasonably priced at $49.99 using a $20 off coupon offer.
Une jumelle monoculaire trs pratique et de belle qualit. Elle n’est pas trs grande et assez lgre. On trouve avec une pochette pour la transporter ainsi que le support pour fixer son tlphone. On la rgle facilement en tournant la molette. On peut s’en servir avec ou sans lunette. Le fait qu’elle soit tanche est un plus. Le support pour le tlphone est un plus pour prendre de jolie photo. Le point ngatif c’est que rien n’est prvu pour ranger le support de tlphone.
La jumelle monoculaire 12 x 42 est livr avec un support pour smartphone, une sangle, une housse, une chiffonnette et le mode d’emploi… d’un autre appareil !
L’appareil possde de bonnes performances avec une puissance et un diamtre d’ouverture de l’objectif tout fait satisfaisants. Son poids, de l’ordre de 300g est correct. Les images obtenues sont de bonne qualit, claires et brillantes. Etanche IP68, il permet d’observer la faune sans se soucier du temps.
Les accessoires ne sont malheureusement pas la hauteur, sangle comme housse et le support pour smartphone est mal conu.
Le trpied, recommand pour ce genre d’exercices, aurait t apprci.
L’emballage contient un monoculaire, un mode d’emploi, un sac de transport, une poigne, un support pour tlphone portable et un chiffon de nettoyage.
Les instructions sont pour un autre modle, on le voit d’ailleurs ds la premire page, car le monoculaire est diffrent. Mais on peut quand mme procder selon les instructions. Le sac de transport est solide et fonctionnel. Le monoculaire est rsistant l’eau, il est trs bien fini au toucher et se tient bien en main.
Il est trs utile pour les manifestations ou dans la nature. Le support pour tlphone portable s’adapte galement mon Samsung. Mais il faut d’abord trouver l’objectif appropri sur le tlphone portable pour pouvoir rgler correctement le support de tlphone portable.
L’agrandissement fonctionne ensuite aussi sur le tlphone portable. Mais l’ensemble n’est pas trs stable. Il faut tenir le monoculaire et le tlphone portable pour ne pas risquer d’en faire tomber un. Le monoculaire est bien fini et offre les grossissements indiqus. Avec les accessoires, il est complet.
Je considre toutefois le support pour tlphone portable plutt comme un gadget, car il n’est pas trs stable.
4
The K&F Concept 12X42 Monocular Telescope is very well built, feels solid and rugged. The front lens is protected by a silicone cap that is connected to scope so you don’t lose it. The eye piece also has a protective cover, but that is not connected so may be easy to lose or misplace. The body of scope is easy to grip and feels good in hand. The focus control feels smooth and tight, and the operation is controlled and refined. The lens is quite sharp in the center with softness on edges. However, the colours and contrast are good, sharpness is good and fringing is minimal. This K&F Concept scope is certainly one of the better ones in terms of picture quality and clarity that I have used.
The nice feature included is the phone mount so you can pair this scope with your phone camera. It was quite easily to align the eye piece mount with the phone camera. However, connecting the phone holder to the scope is only a friction mount to the eye piece, so you need to hold both scope and phone tightly. I would have liked to see a clamping mechanism used between the phone holder and scope for a more secured connection. In use, I was able to get some sharp telephone images through the scope. I found using my phones 2X zoom mode better to avoid vignetting and image blur around the edges. As you can see from the sample photo, you can get good quality 12X telephoto images using this scope. Since the scope has a tripod mount, you can get even sharper images when mounted on a tripod. The example I provided was a handheld shot. The only weak point is the attachment of the phone holder to the scope. Overall though, the K&F Concept 12X42 Monocular Telescope is a high quality scope with sharp lens and solid body. Recommended.
Petit jumelle sympathique
J’ai prit une photo sans er avec la jumelle
I wear glasses and I’m able to see pretty far without my glasses on. I think it’s more comfortable to use without my glasses but this monocular will work fine with glasses. I think I might be able to see a bit further with my glasses but I’m not 100% sure.
This monocular feels very well built. It comes with a hand strap which looks to be the same hand strap that you can buy for SLR cameras. There is a threaded hole underneath the monocular so that you can put this on a tripod.
The cell phone attachment will attach to the eyepiece of the monocular that you look through. The cell phone holder is spring loaded and just grips onto the side of your phone. The claw part that grips onto your phone is so short. I was worried that my phone would pop out of the claw so I didn’t keep my phone in there for that long. Also, the claw is not able to open that wide. I had a really hard time forcing my phone (with a case) into the claw grip. When I finally got the camera lined up with the eyepiece I saw that the picture doesn’t take up the entire screen on my phone. Everything is black except for a small circle in the middle of my phone. This cell phone attachment is definitely not worth it. I took off 1 star for this.
I can definitely recommend this monocular if you are just looking for something small and fairly lightweight to carry around on walks/hikes. I would suggest not to buy this for the cell phone attachment.
El precio se ajusta al artculo.
Pero estara bien que viniera un trpode por el precio.
Todo est bien en el calejo, la calidad de fabricacin es cmodo, se ve bien y ntido, pero por eso pongo cuatro estrellas, yo creo que no es 12x, como mucho 10x.
Pratico e comodo, utilissimo sia nelle escursioni che in gite turistiche. In montagna ed al mare si apprezzano le qualit delle immagini e la robustezza del prodotto. Provato per fare foto con il suo adattatore e devo dire che mi hanno soddisfatto pienamente!
Lo consiglio sicuramente!
Il monocolo si presenta solido, robusto e manegevole. Lo consiglio per il birdwatching e per altre attivit outdoor.
Nella confezione si trova un panno in microfibra, una borsa con tracolla e il supporto per smartphone.
J’avais des jumelles qui sont tombes et sont casses alors j’ai tt le monoculaire et j’en suis bluff.
On voit aussi bien (voir mieux) qu avec les deux yeux, mais en prime il y a plein de rglages qui permettent de bien affiner la vision selon distance de ce que l’on cherche observer.
Les accessoires fournis permettent de bien la tenir en main sans la faire tomber mais aussi de s’en servir comme zoom pour appareil photo ou smartphone, a c’est rigolo.
Que du bonheur.
Travaillant dans la scurit de nuit, j’ai besoin de voir au loin ce qui se passe… Je suis pleinement satisfait de ce binoculaire il est de trs bonne qualit, la luminosit est parfaite et les matriaux on rsistant premire vue. Il est livr avec une petite sacoche c’est trs pratique. Certes le prix n’est pas “donn” mai je prfre payer la qualit que d’acheter un truc a 30 euros et tre dus par la suite .
Le grossissement est un peu surestim.
Cela tant dit, c’est une monoculaire pratique pour une distance de 200m
Excelent produit. Conforme en tout point.
Gros bmol, la sacoche n’est pas adapte ou au bon format.
pour le prix assez efficace mme si effectivement ca ne vaut pas une bonne paire de jumelles. <<<<
Utilise l exterieur pour regarder oiseaux ,j aurais aim 1zoom ,trs satisfaite rapport qualit prix ,et avec le smartphone c est gnial pour prendre quelques photos aucun regre
Auch wenn die Angabe 12×50 nicht stimmt, ist eher 10×40, doch ich bin zufrieden: Das K&F ist relativ leicht udn klein-dass man es bei spazeirgang in die Jackentasche stecken kann, die Scharfstellung geht besonders gut, die Abbildung ist klar, rel. groes Sichtfeld auch wegen groem Austritt, liegt gut in der Hand. Das enge tschchen braucht man nicht, den fragilen Kamerahalte brauche ich nicht, hab eine gute kleine Zoomkamera.
Dispone de una rueda en la parte superior para regular la nitidez de la imagen dependiendo de la distancia a la que se encuentra el objetivo. En el extremo del monocular donde acercamos el ojo para mirar tambin dispone de una rueda para ampliar o disminuir el campo de visin. Viene con un soporte para acoplarlo al telfono mvil y poder hacer fotos o vdeos. Tambin incluye una funda para transportarlo, una toallita para limpiar las lentes y tapas para proteger a estas de posibles araazos o golpes.
Bonne lunette : compacte, confortable en main, grossissement important sans ncessiter de trpied. Un adaptateur pour smartphone est fourni, ce qui est un bon plus qui permet d’conomiser environ 10 pour l’accessoire. La sacoche de transport en nylon ne permet cependant pas de ranger l’adaptateur. Les photos prise travers la lunette sont correctes, mais elles ncessitent de bien positionner le smartphone et d’tre trs stable, ce qui est moins vident qu’avec un appareil photo avec un gros objectif (mais ce n’est pas le mme budget!).
berraschend war ein Vergleich mit einem teureren Monocular in echten12x50, das von der Bildqualitt sogar minimal schlechter war.
Mit 324gr. ist das Gewicht in Ordnung. Das Scharfstellen funktioniert leicht.
Neben der falschen Angabe zur Gre kann ich nur noch die schlechte Handyhalterung anmerken. Die knnte robuster sein. Dadurch Punktabzug!
Ansonsten ist das Glas eine klare Kaufempfehlung wenn jemand einen guten Begleiter fr Schiestand oder Natur sucht.
Ich bin gespannt wie sich die Abbildungsleistung des Monokulars heute Abend bei Sternen schlagen wird. Ggf. werde ich dann das Review noch erweitern.
Bislang gilt: Verarbeitung und Abbildungsleistung sind ausgezeichnet – insbesondere fr den Preis
Nachtrag: Gut fr astronomische Beobachtungen. Sehr scharfes Bild. Mondkrater sehr gut zu erkennen. Sterne werden punktfrmig abgebildet. Orionnebel gut zu erkennen weil lichtstark. Allerdings: sehr anfllig fr helles Gegenlicht mit ausgeprgten Geisterbildern. Aber hey; 40…
Empfehlung!
Produit reu rapidement. De bonne qualit.
Un peu du par rapport ce que je m’attendais au niveau du zoom mais devrait suffire pour le prix et l’utilisation que j’en ferai (cible 25 mtres). La taille est compacte et le produit semble solide.
Par contre, le kit pour smartphone ne tient pas bien et, l’inverse de l’image sur le site, cela ne s’affiche pas sur tout l’cran mais juste un petit rond. Je pense que cela doit tre le cas pour toutes ces lunettes.
Le grossissement est correct (par rapport une Bushnell en x10), pour visualiser des dtails, comme une zone prcise de tir, ce monoculaire est efficace jusqu’ 40m environ, ensuite il atteint ses limites.
Par contre, la luminosit et la clart de l’optique sont vraiment au rendez-vous, que ce soit en sous bois, contre-jour ou en plein soleil !
Vraimen satisfait si ce n’est que le trpied smartphone tait absent. Idal pour randonnes et observation de la faune. Je conseille si vous n’avez pas la possibilit de acqurir des jumelles de marque.