Passakorn
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I do both bird photos and also enjoy watching them through the scope. Both photographic equipment and a large scope start to be too heavy to carry around. I am wondering if the midsize scope (50-60mm) a good compromise? I feel that the 30X from Nikon ed50 is not enough for rather far away birds. Could someone recommend a midsize scope that still have very good image quality at high magnification (45-60X)?
Also for a full-size scope (80mm and bigger range) is the image quality at 60-80X enjoyable to watch through for a long period? I find myself enjoying watching the bird's behavior more than just trying to ID them so I would hope to get a scope that still provides a pleasing view at very high magnification that I can watch through for a long time.
For example, I use the 81mm triplet astro scope with 8-24 Baader zoom and I find 60X starts to get dim but still has rather good quality while I enjoy the Celestron C6 at 60x much more and I think it still has a rather pleasing image up to about 100x.
So far I do not own any large scope yet. I tried the Zeiss Gavia (80s mm) for the sea birds and at 60X and it was awful, especially the CA so much I don't think I could live with that much CA. At 30X I think it is more or less the same as 30X from ed50.
Have been thinking whether I should pick the SVbony 80 one for a substitute or should I get a used Nikon EDiii 60 mm instead.
Thank you so much for the suggestion.
Passakorn
Also for a full-size scope (80mm and bigger range) is the image quality at 60-80X enjoyable to watch through for a long period? I find myself enjoying watching the bird's behavior more than just trying to ID them so I would hope to get a scope that still provides a pleasing view at very high magnification that I can watch through for a long time.
For example, I use the 81mm triplet astro scope with 8-24 Baader zoom and I find 60X starts to get dim but still has rather good quality while I enjoy the Celestron C6 at 60x much more and I think it still has a rather pleasing image up to about 100x.
So far I do not own any large scope yet. I tried the Zeiss Gavia (80s mm) for the sea birds and at 60X and it was awful, especially the CA so much I don't think I could live with that much CA. At 30X I think it is more or less the same as 30X from ed50.
Have been thinking whether I should pick the SVbony 80 one for a substitute or should I get a used Nikon EDiii 60 mm instead.
Thank you so much for the suggestion.
Passakorn