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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sancho" data-source="post: 3142566" data-attributes="member: 27039"><p>Apologies, no offence was intended in post 29. I was trying to say that all possible answers to the question could be found there. I hadn't realised it was your thread. It was covered a few years back by Dennis in "Once you go alpha you can't go backa". I'd be inclined to agree with him. But at least we can be thankful that there are good binoculars out there for most people, on whatever budget, to enable us all to enjoy our hobbies. Pretty much the same pertains to the only other techno-area I know a smidgen about, bicycles. 600 euro will buy you a good bike. 4,000 euro will buy you a superb bike. You can have a good time cycling either, and if you have the extra disposable income to afford the latter, you can enjoy the marginal benefits. Otherwise you're not missing much getting the cheaper bike, now that technologies have trickled down so much.</p></blockquote><p></p>