Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 14:59:09 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: DAVID FARNER Subject: Spotting scopes MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Over the summer I purchased a Nikon Sky and Earth 60mm scope with a 15-45x zoom and have been quite happy with it. The price and size are similar to a Spacemaster. I didn't have a scope, but had been using an Arlington County owned Spacemaster with a 15-45 zoom. I have found that the Nikon seems to be a little brighter and clearer. One of the main differences I have found was that at the higher powers the Nikon does better than the Spacemeaster, although 40-45x is still a stretch for the scope. With the Spacemaster I couldn't go much past 30x. David Farner Ellicott City, MD ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================