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Message: <blockquote data-quote="etudiant" data-source="post: 3144758" data-attributes="member: 48052">Am likewise car free, find the ED50/DS27 combo quite workable with a monopod. The scope can also be used free hand at a pinch. You should consider that Nikon seems to be exiting the scope business, so finding one of the few eye pieces still available is a challenge. It is too bad, because the ED50 is a great little scope.The zoom option is probably more flexible than the 27x, but the 13-30 zoom the scope came with was unimpressive. The 13-40 is said to be better, but I could not find it anywhere, even in Japan using Tento.I have no experience with the Vortex scopes, but they get good feedback here on BF.A tripod is usually a bridge too far for me, but on occasion it is needed. The Velbon Ultra Luxi with a ball head is serviceable, compact and light.</blockquote>