Budget ED 80 scopes what to choose?

[Nick Green]

Hi everyone,

I originally posted this on the general forum's page earlier tonight. I hope I havn't confused anyone!

I wonder if anyone has any experience with either of the 2 budget ED 80 scopes; the opticron ED 80 and the slightly more expensive Viking V-80 ED. I hope to choose between one of these 2 soon and will be using it for digiscoping. Does anyone have an opinion about which one has the better lense quality.

Any comments would be greatly received.

Regards,

Nick

[pduxon]

well the Opticron ES80ED is a cracker, the HDF lens especially the 32WW is very fine and the zoom is good as well but .....

w/express have the Nikon ED78 with 38ww lens for £549, its not waterproof but a year ago this was a £1000 scope. The 30ww lens might be better for digiscoping I guess. Will work out more expensive than the 38

[Nick Green]

well the Opticron ES80ED is a cracker, the HDF lens especially the 32WW is very fine and the zoom is good as well but .....

w/express have the Nikon ED78 with 38ww lens for £549, its not waterproof but a year ago this was a £1000 scope. The 30ww lens might be better for digiscoping I guess. Will work out more expensive than the 38

Thanks Pete..really good info!

w/express have the straight model for £399.00 just checked. And they do interest free too. I'll have to do a search and see if anyone has a gallery of pics with the Nikon.