I know the Regal comes from China & did own 2, can someone tell me if the Opticron 100 is China made or elsewhere ? I have the Opticron SDL (New Version) zoom , I was wondering how much better the Opticron would be used visually compared to the Regal 100 supplied zoom with the M2 zoom. I know from past experience 95% of the time when more money is spent on higher end optics, one ends up with a much better product. I am reminded of this fact every time I look thru my Kowa Prominar 77 with the 25-60 zoom eyepiece. The Opticron would be about $600-700 more just for the body(scope) than the Celestron with the zoom included, I really like the Opticron zoom ... Would the Celestron be noticeably inferior to the Opticron es 100 with the SDL eyepiece ???? ... gwen
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ES GA 100 VS Celestron Regal M2 100 (1 Viewer)
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mooreorless
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Gwen, Pete posted this. I wish I could answer your question. I really like "testiing" spotting scopes.
http://www.birdforum.net/showpost.php?p=3004187&postcount=3
http://www.birdforum.net/showpost.php?p=3004187&postcount=3
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Gwen,
This test I did of the big Opticron is not recent, but I believe the ES 100 has not been changed significantly since. The Celestron I have not seen, but the Opticron certainly is a good scope. The test is in english.
http://www.lintuvaruste.fi/hinnasto/optiikkaarvostelu/optics_11_opticron100mm_GB.shtml
Hope this helps.
Kimmo
This test I did of the big Opticron is not recent, but I believe the ES 100 has not been changed significantly since. The Celestron I have not seen, but the Opticron certainly is a good scope. The test is in english.
http://www.lintuvaruste.fi/hinnasto/optiikkaarvostelu/optics_11_opticron100mm_GB.shtml
Hope this helps.
Kimmo
Rob Laughton
Bird, bird, bird...
Hi gcole
The Opticron ES100 ES is made in Japan.
BW
Rob
The Opticron ES100 ES is made in Japan.
BW
Rob
pete_gamby
Birds? What Birds?!
The only significant technical change since Kimmo's review is that the latest generation (v3) of the ES scopes are all nitrogen-filled. Since that 2004 review, there have been two version changes which have delivered improvements to the optical system. The v2 scopes ran from 2006 to 2009 and v3 continues today.
Cheers, Pete
Cheers, Pete
Pete,
Can you elaborate on the improvements on the optical system? As far as I recall, the areas in which the ES 100 might have most benefited from updates were a prism system with less light losses and multi coatings with better transmission and color balance characteristics. Thirdly, the ES 100 had somewhat more chromatic aberration than the best top-end scopes. But these were only relative shortcomings, and overall the scope performed very well.
I haven't checked the latest reincarnations of the ES 100. If I do, I'll post my impressions.
Kimmo
Can you elaborate on the improvements on the optical system? As far as I recall, the areas in which the ES 100 might have most benefited from updates were a prism system with less light losses and multi coatings with better transmission and color balance characteristics. Thirdly, the ES 100 had somewhat more chromatic aberration than the best top-end scopes. But these were only relative shortcomings, and overall the scope performed very well.
I haven't checked the latest reincarnations of the ES 100. If I do, I'll post my impressions.
Kimmo