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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RAH" data-source="post: 1502011" data-attributes="member: 5834"><p>Well, we shall see, if the sun ever comes again around here (supposed to rain thru Friday). I've been thinking kind of the opposite. I'm wondering if the lack of contrast indoors is because of the dim light and the 50mm scope. Since the 60 and 65 mm scopes performed in a similar manner (even though the Pentax is quite a bit better scope than the Nikon), I'm thinking that maybe it's just the poor low-light gathering of a 50mm scope that I was seeing. I'm not saying that a superior 50mm scope wouldn't do better, I'm just thinking that maybe dim indoor light may just be poor conditions for any 50mm scope. That is supposed to be why you avoid smaller scopes - poor light gathering and poor performance at dawn and dusk.</p></blockquote><p></p>