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Message: <blockquote data-quote="henry link" data-source="post: 1424926" data-attributes="member: 6806">Kevin,Yes, it certainly depends on how you use your scope. I have a drawer full of good wide field eyepieces (my personal favorite: the Swarovski 30x), but for birding I use the Baader zoom almost exclusively because I want something close to the full resolving power of the scope always available without fumbling to change eyepieces (I carry a 100x eyepiece just in case). Most of the time I find the atmospheric conditions are good enough to support magnifications between 50x and 75x, which is the Baader zoom's maximum on my 92mm scope. At those magnifications it becomes a true wide field eyepiece with AFOV of 60-72 degrees and decent eye relief (I don't wear glasses). I resort to magnifications below 40x only if the seeing conditions are bad. If I were never inclined to use more than 30x then I would, like you, prefer a fixed wide field EP. Henry</blockquote>