Bob- That sounds great! It's also important to note that at $350, it's about the same cost as the combined costs of a good rangefinder, clinometer, and calculator with the SIN function, and would be a whole lot more convenient.
Steve On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 12:47 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > ENTS, > > > > My brand new Nikon Forestry 550 arrived this morning and I just > completed going through all its features. I give the instrument two solid > thumbs up. It is a real hypsometer that can compete with the LaserTech > TruPulse 200 for half the price. The 550 doesn't compete with the TruPulse > 360, which has added functionality. > > I am thrilled to report that the Forestry 550 does the math right. It > has a single point mode and a double point mode. In the single point mode, > you shoot a target and the 550 returns the linear distance of the point, > vertical distance (height) of the point, horizontal distance of the point, > and angle of the point. The double point mode measures the full height of > the target tree. You shoot the crown an then the base (or vice versa) and > the 550 returns the full height (vertical separation of the two points) and > several other returns and shows them in an external LED that is easy to > read. > > The 550 has two target acquisition modes: 1st target accessed > and fartherest target accessed. The latter mode is appropriate to shooting > to the top of a tree with a cluster of branches. It is easy to switch > between the modes. > > Distances can be displayed in yards, meters, or feet. Angles are > always in degrees. Sweet! This is the instrument for measurers who don't > want to fuss with the math, but who want the internal process to produce the > right answer in contrast the manufacters who mindlessly program in the > tangent method for tree height determination, when they could have just as > easily done it right. > > I'll provide more information over the next few days, but as of this > point my $350.00 hypsometer is a very, very good buy. Nikon or their Chinese > manufacturers must have been paying attention to ENTS. Better late than > never. > > > > Bob > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
