Sancho,
I think if that's your main scope and you love it, then you could really use both versions, and it really would not be too much of an obsession to have both, but rather a real necessity.You know, EE, I think I agree. Could you come round to Chez Sancho and explain that to Mrs. Sancho?
I'm really liking your line of thinking, EE! Buying the angled too would be a piece of genuine research! Okay, wait till Santa sorts me out.
yes, but have you been good ?
Sincerest thanks, Robert. In my case, the window-mounting and digiscoping advantages of straight scopes don´t apply, ´cos I don´t digiscope and never bird from a car. But I can appreciate how your advice is spot on for those who do. I´ve always found angled scopes a real pain in the ..... from a hide, though.
At my most recent Appraisal my aptitudes and progress, as well as my goal-setting and achievement objectives, were deemed, under a list of Performance Evaluators, to be within the parameters acceptable for the meriting of a modest bonus, in the shape of a body-only travelscope. (In other words Mrs. S. says yes but I have to behave...no more silly bikes, no more weekends to Cape Clear...yes, but have you been good ?
)Thanks, EE!!! The angled ED50 arrived today, I gave both a quick amateur "test" outside as the light was fading (best time to test them, I suppose). The angled version was unsurprisingly far more comfortable to use on a tripod....absolutely no contest. The angled version was, however, well-nigh impossible to use on a shoulder-pod, so consider that, prospective buyers, if you want to use a 20x and a shoulder-pod. I prefer 27x now, so I´ll go with the angled plus light tripod. It was really hard to compare the angled and straight versions as regards brightness, because I only have one 27x eyepiece, and I was trying to quickly switch it from one t´other and "remember" what I´d seen. The straight version may have been a tiny bit brighter, but I may have been imagining that because that was what I was expecting to find. I´ll try the angled in the field at the weekend (especially if that Cattle Egret is still at Kilcoole!), but after even a short while using it, I´m happier with the angled, definitely. Thanks for all the advice, everyone, stand by until Sancho´s next obsession kicks in.....
I´ll try it again, Scampo, thanks for the advice, ´cos I was going to give the shoulder-pod away! Thanks for the light-transmission info too, Henry, I imagine there´s no discernible difference at all in reasonably good light conditions.
