Thread: Help with parallax

One of the OP questions was whether the parallax setting will change with magnification power.
I dont know the answer to that but obviously it shouldnt. Will be interested to hear if others have seen it occur.

One thing I have seen on a low-mid priced scope ($800 but packed with features like “focussing” aka parallax down to 10 yd) is the magnification changing a bit as I wind the parallax knob. You dont usually do that while looking through the scope so so may not notice it. I havent seen it on the Schmidt but that is quite modest in its specs and only focusses down to 50m. Anyway i suspect the parallax setting and magification setting are potentially related. An optics expert might be able to tell us if this is a design error or something inevitable that manufacturers try to optimise in different ways.