Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 20:23:35 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: j l saba Subject: Re: Spotting Scopes MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In reply to Van Vogel, Greg Downing wrote: > > Have you considered the Nikon Fieldscope III ED (60mm)? It has gotten some > very high ratings and apparently is as bright as many of the 80mm scopes. I > wish I could suggest a local place that carries scopes, but I don't know > any. > The Bowie Wild Bird Center carries this scope. I bought mine from them and have been quite happy with it -- only complaint is the small diameter of the eyepiece. If size and weight are considerations, this is one of the best choices; a downside is that you can't get as high a magnification as you can with a larger diameter scope -- the eyepiece that gives 15x on the 60 mm scope would give 20x on an 80 mm scope, but even more important, the image degrades at a lower power with a smaller objective lens. The Silver Spring Wild Bird Center also has a large selection of higher-quality scopes and binoculars. For reviews of binoculars and scopes for birding, see http://betterviewdesired.com/ Jack Saba Berwyn Heights, Prince George's County, MD jlsaba@capu.net ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================