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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mayoayo" data-source="post: 3187476" data-attributes="member: 16781"><p>A few points to correct..The ED50 is not japanese'but chinese,..as a matter of fact it could be the only one of the group that is not japanese..Also in the table there is a refence about two zoom models for the opticron ,but only the 13-30x is mentioned for the Nikon,so they forgot the 13-40x MC II...Also ,the nikon scope was tested with an eyepiece that is not very good .they mention that the scope was weighted with a 20x,and I think that the eyepiece used is the old,narrow nikon 20x-25x that is discontinued and NOT for the ED50...even if that eyepiece is the 20x WA ,It is not an MC version ,and would not be fair to compare it with more modern eyepieces..Why didnt they use some of the fantastic DS eyepieces for the test...?</p></blockquote><p></p>