Daveycrockettt
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myname is david ,birding in USA,wanting to buy spotting scope for long distance birding, but on a budget have a older kowa tsn 882 20x60 but really not good after 30x was wondering about mini mak 90 celestron or opinions
myname is david ,birding in USA,wanting to buy spotting scope for long distance birding, but on a budget have a older kowa tsn 882 20x60 but really not good after 30x was wondering about mini mak 90 celestron or opinions
myname is david ,birding in USA,wanting to buy spotting scope for long distance birding, but on a budget have a older kowa tsn 882 20x60 but really not good after 30x was wondering about mini mak 90 celestron or opinions
Jerry thank you for responding, 1st correction kowa 821,not what i said earlier, so main use long distance birding like 1/4 to 1/2 mile,loons ducks grebes, will not be carrying long disan,thanks for inputtsnce,i believe c90 mak waterproof,Hello David and welcome!
Can you tell us a little about how you plan to use the new scope? One reason good spotting scopes cost more than comparable astronomical telescopes is waterproofing and durability. Checking traffic at your feeder from the living room? Sloughing through Pisgah in spring rains?
A lot depends on what you want to do.
Best,
Jerry
Thank you sir for input, so i stand to be corrected as my scope 821,with zoom 20x60,so your saying look for newer kowa and use my eyepiece, sounds good, if i could find 1 at reasonable priceMaybe you could try and find a good example of a Kowa 824 and use your existing eyepiece. A good specimen should be able to easily handle 60x power and with the fluorite lens of the 824 you should notice a distinct improvement over the 822.
Jerry thank you for responding, 1st correction kowa 821,not what i said earlier, so main use long distance birding like 1/4 to 1/2 mile,loons ducks grebes, will not be carrying long disan,thanks for inputtsnce,i believe c90 mak waterproof,
thank you Jerry, sounds like fieldof view is not too good, would be hard to find birds,my budget is small $ to answer that question,someone suggested a hyperion zoom mark 4 for my 821 and i do have a older still tsn-2 kowa with 30x eyepiece thank you for suggestions i cant say i have seen any mak 90s but trying to comeupwith budget performance
thank you Jerry, sounds like fieldof view is not too good, would be hard to find birds,my budget is small $ to answer that question,someone suggested a hyperion zoom mark 4 for my 821 and i do have a older still tsn-2 kowa with 30x eyepiece thank you for suggestions i cant say i have seen any mak 90s but trying to comeupwith budget performance
I want to thank everyone for there input, the advice has been very good,and much appreciated,i will decide shortly,and yes $300 would be my limit,to answer Mr Attwoods question earlier i have 2 good tripods for each scope both bogen 3011 with threaded mounts, i want to thank everyone for advice, the flourite 823, 824, with my eyepiece, the doubler magnification on the tsn-2, the telescope recommendations ect thank you all i will respond more later but time to go Holy mass