Please advise me!I need advice on buying my first scope! (1 Viewer)

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B.Walsh

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• Jul 21, 2004

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I would be greatful if someone who knows could tell me a little about scopes priced £500 and under, i cant find info on them and need help. Please help!
Particularly NIKON, OPTICRON and KOWA. Keep in mind that i would intend using a zoom eyepiece and would be interested in digiscoping.

 

pduxon

Quacked up Member

• Jul 21, 2004

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Brendan, check out the Nikon ED78 on Warehouse express. That is excellent value at the moment. Not sure how close to £500 it is. The Opticron ES80 ED is excellent with the zoom and tripod it'll take you over £500 though. if only by a little bit. Either of those two are good scopes.

oh welcome to the forum.

 

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B.Walsh

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• Jul 21, 2004

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Thanks!

Thanks for that, if you get a chance please tell me if you know what the 20-60 eyepiece on the opticron ed 80 is like. Is it suitable for digiscoping? Only if you get a chance. Thanks!

 

alan_rymer

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• Jul 21, 2004

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B.Walsh said:

Thanks for that, if you get a chance please tell me if you know what the 20-60 eyepiece on the opticron ed 80 is like. Is it suitable for digiscoping? Only if you get a chance. Thanks!

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Yep!, the 20-60HDF zoom is excellent on the es80ed for digiscoping( I use it handheld ).

 

pduxon

Quacked up Member

• Jul 21, 2004

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Brendan, I've never digiscoped with anything BUT optically you've got to get the HDF 20-60 zoom not the HR 20-60.

 

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Edward woodwood

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• Jul 21, 2004

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Nikon 78 is by far the best value as Pete says and a great scope, they were over a grand a few years back - not a fan of zooms though, especially if you're newish to birding, fixed mags have wider field and are easier to locate stuff with.... scopes are cumbersome too remember, 'little' ones are popular with folks who travel/bird a lot

second hand is a good way to go.... lots of deals: Nikon ED 60s, Kowa 613/614 fluorites - both optically excellent and light to boot

 

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bill lord

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• Jul 22, 2004

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pduxon said:

Brendan, check out the Nikon ED78 on Warehouse express. That is excellent value at the moment. Not sure how close to £500 it is. The Opticron ES80 ED is excellent with the zoom and tripod it'll take you over £500 though. if only by a little bit. Either of those two are good scopes.

oh welcome to the forum.

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The straight with a 25-75 zoom is £628 the angled with the same zoom is £678 but the offer is for an angled version with a 38X eyepiece for £549. This scope is a superb piece of kit In Focus have a second hand one in at the moment in their Denby Dale branch complete with a 30w eyepiece for £499.