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  1. J

    Are new scopes really better?

    Hi, congratulations - it is a quite good scope and price. I'm quite sure it will be glorious with the 38x wide - should you really have the itch for more magnification in the future, you can keep an eye out for the 13-40x/20-60x/25-75x MC II zoom which will get you up to 75x (which a good...
  2. J

    Are new scopes really better?

    Hi, 30x wide eyepieces are well liked and used often - also due to the fact that most scopes will work at least ok with them... A good ED or fluorite scope in decent seeing should be able to deliver a nice and sharp image at 50-60x - my old TSN-3 certainly does at 54x and is used at that...
  3. J

    Are new scopes really better?

    Hi Jon, first of all, welcome to birdforum! Since 40-45x is about the limit for plain glass spotters, I am not surprised that your old examples was as good or better at 45x than the new one at 60x. Even if the new one was an ED model it might have gone that way since heat haze (aka seeing) or...
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