To look small & good spotting. (1 Viewer)

Hello.
I am looking a good quality and small spotting scope, I am interested in a model like Nikon ED 50 or similar for travelling,small weight and volume.
Which magnification is best for this kind of spotting , a fixed or a zoom ? It' is forma visual only.
Thank you for your advice.
Wachi.

wachipilotes said:

Hello.
I am looking a good quality and small spotting scope, I am interested in a model like Nikon ED 50 or similar for travelling,small weight and volume.
Which magnification is best for this kind of spotting , a fixed or a zoom ? It' is forma visual only.
Thank you for your advice.
Wachi.

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I prefer the 27x WF on my Nikon 50ED. The FOV and eye-relief are far superior than with the zoom, and I'm not interested in the (trivially higher) 40x mag on so small a scope. Some might tout the brightness of the lower mags on the zoom or with other fixed eyepieces, but the FOV of the zoom is still terrible and 27x magnification is basically what I want from a scope (not less, and generally not more--I use 30x nearly all the time on my bigger scopes).

--AP

Thank you.
Wachi.