Hello to all. I've been lurking for a while. Sorry my first post isn't friendly, but needy. Ha.
A fellow close to me has a Zeiss Diascope 65T FL for sale. Its a grey tube, not the black that I see on the current model. Don't know if that means its older or what, but I suspect so.
He has it listed for the same price for which I can get a Gen2 Razor 85mm spotter.
I've had my hands on the Razor, although not outdoors (yet), and its fantastic. But I have virtually no frame of reference to alpha glass, save for a Swaro I looked through last year.
Never looked through a Zeiss.
Two main questions: is a light grey Zeiss tube an indication of an older model and, if so, does that mean last year's/last decade's coatings? Meaning the modern equiv would be superior? I'm asking because I had a 1980s era Swaro telescoping straight tube scope that had fantastic image clarity and utterly atrocious CA.
Second question: how would a 65mm Zeiss of the light grey tube era variety compare to a Gen 2 Razor of the 85mm variety? I would be using the scope for birding, hunting, terrestrial viewing, and astronomy. I would eventually do a non-variable eyepiece for either. Low light performance is important, although not critically so. My state does not allow the taking of game +/- 30 mins before/after legal sunrise/set.
Thanks to all.
A fellow close to me has a Zeiss Diascope 65T FL for sale. Its a grey tube, not the black that I see on the current model. Don't know if that means its older or what, but I suspect so.
He has it listed for the same price for which I can get a Gen2 Razor 85mm spotter.
I've had my hands on the Razor, although not outdoors (yet), and its fantastic. But I have virtually no frame of reference to alpha glass, save for a Swaro I looked through last year.
Never looked through a Zeiss.
Two main questions: is a light grey Zeiss tube an indication of an older model and, if so, does that mean last year's/last decade's coatings? Meaning the modern equiv would be superior? I'm asking because I had a 1980s era Swaro telescoping straight tube scope that had fantastic image clarity and utterly atrocious CA.
Second question: how would a 65mm Zeiss of the light grey tube era variety compare to a Gen 2 Razor of the 85mm variety? I would be using the scope for birding, hunting, terrestrial viewing, and astronomy. I would eventually do a non-variable eyepiece for either. Low light performance is important, although not critically so. My state does not allow the taking of game +/- 30 mins before/after legal sunrise/set.
Thanks to all.