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Thursday, September 15, 2005$2000 spotting scope for $200
I get besieged daily with requests for "a really good spotting scope", so when I mention the usual Kowa, Leica, Swarovski, Zeiss, or Nikon Fieldscope, the conversation moves right along until I mention price. That is usually followed by a moment of silence and then "What do you have under $200?"
I have nothing against spotting scopes under $200, but the "really good" needs to be kept in perspective. If "really good" is defined as images as sharp at 60x as at 20x, we go back to the Kowa, Leica, Swarovski, Leica and Zeiss again. On the other hand, if "really good" means seeing a reasonably good image at 20x and living with image quality that fades quickly above 35-40x, then the conversation can continue at the $200 level. Here are some of my favorites around $200, but the list of working spotting scopes is by no means limited to these: Bushnell Trophy 20-60x65, Celestron Ultima 80 and LOMO 70 LER. They are definitely not $2000 scopes, but with the money you save, you might be able to buy some new furniture or, who knows, even a tank of gas. Comments: |
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