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Stay-on case for angled 65 (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Nickgas
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John Russell
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Nick,
A transport bag is useful. The Zeiss one is rather expensive and I use an astro scope bag from Orion, which however is not a very good fit. A cheap and effective solution would be to get something sewn up from thick felt and with a velcro fastener as I did recently for a new tripod.
IMHO stay-on cases are good for dealers but no-one else. They are fiddley and will just slow you down in the field and your scope is waterproof anyway. If you ever use your scope in a hide you may need to rotate the scope so that you can view sideways. A stay-on case, though, will prevent access to the rotation knob.
John
A transport bag is useful. The Zeiss one is rather expensive and I use an astro scope bag from Orion, which however is not a very good fit. A cheap and effective solution would be to get something sewn up from thick felt and with a velcro fastener as I did recently for a new tripod.
IMHO stay-on cases are good for dealers but no-one else. They are fiddley and will just slow you down in the field and your scope is waterproof anyway. If you ever use your scope in a hide you may need to rotate the scope so that you can view sideways. A stay-on case, though, will prevent access to the rotation knob.
John
ColonelBlimp
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I think Focalpoint sell a Skua case that fits the Zeiss 85 that was otherwise marketed for a Kowa 60-ish mm scope.
I would disagree about the utility of cases-if you're lucky enough to buy a scope that is would tons of money you want to keep it in good condition. Regret is a bad thing to have when you've dropped a thousand pound scope which hit the floor unpadded/protected by a case.
I would disagree about the utility of cases-if you're lucky enough to buy a scope that is would tons of money you want to keep it in good condition. Regret is a bad thing to have when you've dropped a thousand pound scope which hit the floor unpadded/protected by a case.
