Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 12:27:32 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Fred Fallon Subject: Re: Scope for beginners MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Gail Mackiernan wrote: > > Hi -- > > The best telescope for a beginner is the Bushnell Spacemaster, the > non-armoured version, and the original, not the Spacemaster II. This scope I concur with Gail and Norm, including the eyepiece recomm'n (the 22x eye relief is especially good). After upgrading to newer scope, I still use the Bushnell on a shoulder mount for scoping from inside the car, where its tripod-mounted successor would be awkward. Fred Fallon fwfallon@earthlink.net Bowie ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================