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Message: <blockquote data-quote="humakt" data-source="post: 3581485" data-attributes="member: 140397">That's a fair point - how am I going to use it.I should say that I do have a scope already. An angled one.But I want to get a new one (the one I have was bough second hand, and I want to buy something a bit better).I tend to mostly be on the move. That's why I'll be getting a smaller scope. And it'll be fitted to a monopod, which I find SOOOOOO much better than a tripod - quick to set up and easier to move around if following a moving target. I'm sold on the monopod and not looking to use a tripod. A monopod is also lighter and more convenient (I attached a bit of paracord to it with a carabiner on the end and that clips on to the shoulder strap of my rucksack, which means it won't fall and hit the ground and I can also let go of it if I want to use my bins or camera). Yeah, there is a compromise in steadiness, but it's all about compromises and for me and the kind of viewing I do, that's OK since I rarely stay on a target for long.So that's how I use a scope, and how the new one will be used. I rarely stay in one spot for much more than 10 minutes or so. A brew stop, perhaps, or some lunch. So weight is important to me (actually, most of the time I just take bins, but do take a scope for 'occasions').Why I think it will be better for targetting is a bit like how you find a target with bins - you look at the object and then raise the glasses to your eyes. So with a straight eyepiece I get the feeling that it will be much more natural because you are 'pointing' the scope along your eyesight. That's how it seems to me (I may be wrong, having never used a scope with a straight eyepiece).Anyway.So that's how it will be used.</blockquote>

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