Best inexpensive spotting scope (1 Viewer)

antde · Oct 10, 2005

Hello all,

I am new to this board. I work as a Wildlife/Fisheries stockroom manager at university in California. I have been charged with scoping out (pun entirely intended) the best spotting scope for the dollar with a $500 max limit. We currently stock the Bushnell Spacemaster, a fine little scope for the money. It appears the Nikon Field and Sky might be a good choice to replace the Bushnell. Any reports on the Nikon (or any other comparable priced scope), especially as compares to the Bushnell would be greatly appreciated. Thanks very much!

KC Foggin · Oct 10, 2005

Hi antde and a warm welcome to you from those of us on staff here at BirdForum :t:

You might want to check out Eagle Optic's Raven scope. It was my very first scope and it was a lot of scope for the money.

salty · Oct 10, 2005

hello, welcome to bird forum!

ask around in the scope section for answers to your question.

ABBASVIN · Oct 10, 2005

hi antde ive just purchased the nikon 80 angled scope,its fantastic for the price,good luck from steve uk

Jaeger01 · Oct 10, 2005

antde said:
Hello all,

I am new to this board. I work as a Wildlife/Fisheries stockroom manager at university in California. I have been charged with scoping out (pun entirely intended) the best spotting scope for the dollar with a $500 max limit. We currently stock the Bushnell Spacemaster, a fine little scope for the money. It appears the Nikon Field and Sky might be a good choice to replace the Bushnell. Any reports on the Nikon (or any other comparable priced scope), especially as compares to the Bushnell would be greatly appreciated. Thanks very much!

I agree, the Eagle Optics Raven is hard to beat at that price. My wife has one and it beats the Nikon she had before by leaps and bounds.

Jaeger near Chicago

PS-yes, I am an Eagle fan but have no interest in them other than being a satisfied customer several times.

scampo · Oct 10, 2005

Jaeger01 said:
I agree, the Eagle Optics Raven is hard to beat at that price. My wife has one and it beats the Nikon she had before by leaps and bounds.

Jaeger near Chicago

PS-yes, I am an Eagle fan but have no interest in them other than being a satisfied customer several times.

I think Kowa are a good choice for near top scopes, but Nikon FSIII takes some beating.

Mark Bruce · Oct 11, 2005

Hi antde,a warm welcome to you.

DavidP · Oct 11, 2005

antde said:
Hello all,

I am new to this board. I work as a Wildlife/Fisheries stockroom manager at university in California. I have been charged with scoping out (pun entirely intended) the best spotting scope for the dollar with a $500 max limit. We currently stock the Bushnell Spacemaster, a fine little scope for the money. It appears the Nikon Field and Sky might be a good choice to replace the Bushnell. Any reports on the Nikon (or any other comparable priced scope), especially as compares to the Bushnell would be greatly appreciated. Thanks very much!

You might also want to think about the Minox spotting scope $499 at B and H
for the non ED version. Its waterproof, quite compact and had good scores in a recent spotting scope review (Birdwatchers digest). I managed to get a refurbished one recently for a very reasonable price and have bee quite pleased. Minox used to be associated with/part of Leica but I believe are now independent so you know the optics are probably good quality.
http://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/site/optics/scopes03.pdf

John N · Oct 11, 2005

Hi,welcome to Birdforum.

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