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Message: <blockquote data-quote="solitaryVSong" data-source="post: 1608743" data-attributes="member: 77930">Thanks all for your comments so far!Tim, I have nothing against optiphiles, so I'm happy to see your detailed response<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />. I can easily see where I could become one as well, if weren't for the money part of the equation. In any case thanks for your full report on the fully equipped bird artist! That will be my eventual ideal.Speaking of fully equipped I used to carry an extra very cheap pair of binos in my car that wasn't worth much more than the binos (an '87 Chevette). That car was broken into over and over again. During one of those robberies (a pleasure of living in a big city as I do) someone made off with the cheap binos. So I've been hesitant to put another pair in the car and leave them there. I really think that's more superstition than anything else.One thing I don't have any doubt about is the need for an angled scope. I actually tried my 60mm Fieldscope that I was wrongly sent today and was amazed at how much lower I had to set the tripod in order to use it. All in all my guess is that will also be a small plus.I do think that an 82mm will be off in the distant future for me. It just sounds like it is too heavy, regardless of brand, to not be a pain to carry for most people.So in a way that gets me back to my original decision: should I go for the ultralite ED50, similar to the Mighty Midget that Tim mentions I think, or should I split the difference between it and an 82mm by keeping the 60m, or buying another 60mm in a different brand, e.g. Kowa, as some have suggested in the Scopes forum?I know, I know. It's all personal. But thanks for your thoughts anyway.</blockquote>

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