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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mfunnell" data-source="post: 3326334" data-attributes="member: 134332">My Bresser Spektar 15-45x60 arrived.  While I had to pay more like US full price for this (here in Oz), I'd say it's still a pretty decent deal - which makes the US$40 deal (if still available) something of a steal.  I've not much experience with scopes but it seems to me quite good enough for my use, which is pretty much limited to sitting it on a tripod (I'm a photographer, I have tripods) on my balcony, to get a closer view of the birds in the bushland opposite me than I can get through binoculars.  It seems quite good for that, the view being sharp enough to do a pretty decent job and things like CA not being intrusive enough that they worry me.  I might think differently if I had a more "instustrial strength" application for a scope, or an intention to look through it for long periods - but I don't.  I'm sure this scope is quite good enough for me to dip my toe in the waters of scopes, with an actual use I can make of it, while I get used to it over time.  I seriously doubt I'd have spent more on a scope, so I'd not have one at all if not tipped off to this model.   ...Mike</blockquote>