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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alexis Powell" data-source="post: 1452297" data-attributes="member: 5327">I'd recommend the 27x for most birding and some digiscoping if the objective on your camera is small enough.  A 16x DS would be easier to use for digiscoping, but if you get that serious about digiscoping you might wonder why you're using the 50ED in the first place--better to save your money for a bigger scope.  I'd skip the zoom for this scope.  The 27x view is wide enough to find things about as easily as 13x on the zoom, and the 40x of the zoom isn't much an advantage (only ~50% greater magnification) over the 27x. By going with the 27x you get a wider field at the most useful magnification for birding, better eye-relief, and you don't have to fiddle with the eyepiece zoom ring.--AP</blockquote>