I took some through the scope pictures quite a while back and they didn't get noticed all that much. I think they're really fun and interesting. They're also very difficult to take. It's not really a good way to compare optical quality, just because you're also depending on the camera that you took the photo with, and it's optical quality of lense. Either way, they're fun, especially when you can get some with animals in them, so I figured this might be a neat thread. These were taken with a "point and shoot" camera, and they're not very good, but I figured I'd get it started and get some people out having fun. Take some at whatever range you can, or of whatever animal you're fixing to light up. I would advise that you do this with an unloaded firearm, ESPECIALLY if you are doing it near your place of living. I would also advise that you NOT take photos of people, because you're pointing a rifle at a target that I would hope you don't intend to destroy.
These were all taken through my Millett LRS, THROUGH a tinted front home door WITH the sunshade on, in low light conditions (overcast and late).
This is taken of a car that is roughly 230-240 yards away at 12.5x
Same car at 230-240 yards away at 12.5x with flash (on accident)
For those wondering about what it's like to shoot with 10x at 1,000 yards, this might put things in perspective for you. This is a standard door 7ft, at 12.5x, at roughly 1,300 yards. So if you had a full size man target, it would be smaller than the door.
This is the same door at 25x, it's roughly 1,300 yards away.
Keepin mind that the scope looks quite a bit better than this with your eyes. It's difficult to take photos with limited light in a scope, and then that being passed on through another set of lenses that stops the light down more. It's hard to get the contrast right as well, and sometimes the images are washed out, sometimes they're just too dark. It can be difficult to keep everything level. It can also be difficult to get the reticle and the object in focus, the camera usually wants to focus on one or the other. If you get the reticle in focus for your eye, and then try to take the photo, it doesn't usually work, you gotta tweak it. See what ya'll can do.