SecondHandBirder
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I did a lot of research for upgrading my wife's scope for birding, which I am glad to say led to this scope. It has been out on several day-trip car-based expeditions and has performed very well for her. I set this up side-by-side to compare to her much older Raven scope - the improvements are clear across the board. Color, brightness, resolution, lack of chromatic aberration and viewing comfort (including eye relief) are excellent across the impressive 25-75x zoom range. For example, image quality when looking at a white birch tree trunk (with many very fine white lines) was amazing at full zoom at 100 yards. Focus is very precise with the dual-knob system. Fit and finish are also excellent, and it looks quite nice as well. (We did have to snug the eyepiece threads a bit tighter when it first arrived, but that should be part of any new optic checkout upon arrival.) Optics Planet price was excellent and there was a 10% off code on top of that for even better value. Very happy with this scope
