Hi all,
this is my first post here, I came across this forum because it is by now long overdue to replace my 30 year old Kowa TSN-2. During our recent birding holiday at the French Bretagne, my wife has finally given in, and the decision to get a new spotting scope has been made. I read a lot, and finally the choice boiled down to either buy a Svarowski ATX 85 or a Zeiss Victory Harpia 95. I have a friend who owns an ATX 85, but no one I know of owns a Harpia 95. I am leaning towards the latter, but I won't make a final decision without having had a look through both of them next to each other to have a direct comparison.
I am living in Stuttgart, Germany, so if there is someone with a Harpia 95 in geographic reach (i.e. Southern Germany, I wouldn't bother to drive 200km in any direction), I would be very pleased to get an opportunity to look through it. I am fully vaccinated and boostered and would do an antigene test prior to a meeting, which would ideally take place outside at a nice birding location (Federsee, Lake of Constance or where ever it would suit you).
It would be really cool if there would be someone out there reaching out to me..... Happy new year to all of you, toorude.
this is my first post here, I came across this forum because it is by now long overdue to replace my 30 year old Kowa TSN-2. During our recent birding holiday at the French Bretagne, my wife has finally given in, and the decision to get a new spotting scope has been made. I read a lot, and finally the choice boiled down to either buy a Svarowski ATX 85 or a Zeiss Victory Harpia 95. I have a friend who owns an ATX 85, but no one I know of owns a Harpia 95. I am leaning towards the latter, but I won't make a final decision without having had a look through both of them next to each other to have a direct comparison.
I am living in Stuttgart, Germany, so if there is someone with a Harpia 95 in geographic reach (i.e. Southern Germany, I wouldn't bother to drive 200km in any direction), I would be very pleased to get an opportunity to look through it. I am fully vaccinated and boostered and would do an antigene test prior to a meeting, which would ideally take place outside at a nice birding location (Federsee, Lake of Constance or where ever it would suit you).
It would be really cool if there would be someone out there reaching out to me..... Happy new year to all of you, toorude.
