I purchased the Elite a month ago with a 3001BD tripod and 701RC2 head. The scope is good quality, lightweight, small, no defects, star test results were good, view is bright and clear, focus is smooth, zoom eyepiece is smooth, comes with a nice case with strap, screw on front lens cap, eyepiece cap and the eye relief is very good for use with eyeglasses. I do not like the fold down rubber eye cup but nothing is perfect and it might be better at blocking stray light when used without glasses. This is a good scope, has a cheap slr adapter (800mm), which is not my bag (I have the FZ50 with 1.7X telephoto), optional eyepieces and the cost is around $700. Tripod is short, a little heavy but very stable, head is very smooth. The hole package works very well together. I tried several Pentax 80 scopes and could not get a good one and they are very long and very heavy, not too impressed. Have looked through all the other scopes and could not justify the added cost.
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