Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 12:33:10 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Sherry Peruzzi Subject: Re: Spotting scopes MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Gail Mackiernan wrote: > I guess it depends on how and where the scope will be used -- and how serious > the "beginner" is. If the person is really serious, then a slightly larger > investment may be warrented. It's also a matter of how much money a person has, regardless of how serious they may be. I'm on a limited budget, and one reason I thought birding would be good to get involved with in the first place is that it seemed like a reasonably inexpensive hobby ... once you make the basic investment in equipment you can go out and look at birds all you want for free, unlike, say, skiing, where even after buying all the equipment you still have to pay for transportation to the ski area, lift tickets, hotel rooms, meals, etc., etc., etc. I don't have a scope yet because I can't afford a good one. It's been suggested I buy a used one, and I've been keeping my eyes open for one, but good bargains get snapped up quickly. So I was delighted to find out that a decent scope is available in the 200-300 dollar range. It may not be a Nikon or a Swarovski (my binoculars aren't either), but a Spacemaster sounds like exactly what I need! Sherry ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================