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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Roger P" data-source="post: 1465925" data-attributes="member: 48097">I wish I was one of the above who are so certain that they've worked it out and got the right 'scope.I often bird with a friend, one of us straight and one angled   (edit: sorry I've just re-read that - I mean the 'scopes! not us!)  and I like different scopes at different times of the day.   At over 6 foot tall anything above the horizontal needs a huge tripod with a straight 'scope - too heavy.    However in hides I often need to be 7 foot tall to see through the angled 'scope.In a hide I want a straight scope, everywhere else I want an angled scope - but I bird a lot from hides.  Can I afford two of the new Leicas?</blockquote>