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