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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Martin Fagg" data-source="post: 1430273" data-attributes="member: 50232">Hi everyone,I took delivery of a secondhand ED82 a couple of days ago. It has a 30x DS with it. I am really looking forward to trying it out with a full days birding at the weekend.This dicussion has raised a few questions for me so I hope you can answer them for me.What is the difference between the MCI & MCII types? Is there an eye relief issue as I wear glasses?What other e/p would you recommend to me? I was thinking 25-75x zoom for distant waders, etc, or do you think a higher magnification fixed e/p would be better?I have had a quick trial of the scope in the local park and my first reaction to it is that I feel that 30x mag is too much. I know Nikon don't make a lower mag e/p for this scope so is there a way of fitting another make's e/p or astronomy e/p to it to achieve lower mag (and therefore wider fov)?Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer.Here's hoping for a good weekend,Martin.</blockquote>