JulianSanchez
Active member
Hi all!!
I am a spanish birdwatcher looking for my first "good quality" scope.
I am thinking of an all-porpouse scope, able to focus long-distance birds in lake shores and to spend some time in look-outs at national reserves, expecting also to take it with me in parks and "less ambitious" walks.
I would say it´s important to me to get a scope with a good-very good high mag performance, reaching those birds "not reachable" with mi bins.
The weight doesn´t seem a trouble to me.
The issue is..... that my budget is not high; around 800 pound/1000 euros for scope+eyepiece.
I have already bought a second hand 055 Manfrotto tripod and a 502 HD head (very heavy set, I know :smoke.
I am not planning to practice digiscoping, and I don´t regret second-hand.
I was think in a 80mms fluorite second hand old scope, as Kowa 823/4, TSN3/4, Swa AT80HD, Leica APO televid 77......with an 20-60 zoom ep, but.......
Would you consider a new ED scope?; scopes like Kowa 663, Opticron ED, Pentax, Kite......I think they usually have wider angle zoom eyepieces than the old fluorite examples commented, and could be affordable to my budget.
I am afraid to buy an old fluorite Kowa, for example, and to suffer a very narrow zoom view at high mags or a blurred image, compared to what I could get with a smooth recent zoom ep fitted on a new ED scope.
I am opened to all alternatives and opinions, keeping in mind that the scope should match with my tripod and head.
Thanks to all from the south of Europe!! :t::t::t:
I am a spanish birdwatcher looking for my first "good quality" scope.
I am thinking of an all-porpouse scope, able to focus long-distance birds in lake shores and to spend some time in look-outs at national reserves, expecting also to take it with me in parks and "less ambitious" walks.
I would say it´s important to me to get a scope with a good-very good high mag performance, reaching those birds "not reachable" with mi bins.
The weight doesn´t seem a trouble to me.
The issue is..... that my budget is not high; around 800 pound/1000 euros for scope+eyepiece.
I have already bought a second hand 055 Manfrotto tripod and a 502 HD head (very heavy set, I know :smoke.
I am not planning to practice digiscoping, and I don´t regret second-hand.
I was think in a 80mms fluorite second hand old scope, as Kowa 823/4, TSN3/4, Swa AT80HD, Leica APO televid 77......with an 20-60 zoom ep, but.......
Would you consider a new ED scope?; scopes like Kowa 663, Opticron ED, Pentax, Kite......I think they usually have wider angle zoom eyepieces than the old fluorite examples commented, and could be affordable to my budget.
I am afraid to buy an old fluorite Kowa, for example, and to suffer a very narrow zoom view at high mags or a blurred image, compared to what I could get with a smooth recent zoom ep fitted on a new ED scope.
I am opened to all alternatives and opinions, keeping in mind that the scope should match with my tripod and head.
Thanks to all from the south of Europe!! :t::t::t: