Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 07:59:53 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Scott Crabtree Subject: Re: Inexpensive spotting scope recommendation MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Over a year ago or so, I picked up a Nikon "Sky and Earth" model telescope as a back-up. 60mm, and I happened to pick the 20x eyepiece, because I wanted to use it primarily on a shoulder stock when portability was of primary importance. Scope and eyepiece - $215 from Eagle. Set it up on a tripod next to my Swarovski zoomed to 20x - virtually indistinguishable, although the Nikon's colorcast was a bit warmer. And the Nikon has served me well whilst my Swarovski was vacationing in Austria...again - fogged internally twice now in two years. Anyway, the Nikon is worth considering in anyone's quest for rock-bottom inexpensive scopes. (And, on a Bush Hawk shoulder stock, it's VERY hand at a hawk watch!) Usual disclaimers apply. I do not have, nor have I ever had, any financial interest in Nikon. Scott Crabtree Chester, MD crabtree@myshorelink.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Kerry Stone To: Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 11:39 AM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Inexpensive spotting scope recommendation > Hi there, > > I can't go another winter without a scope - yet I can't afford the 7 and 8 > hundred dollar scopes. Does anyone know of a decent scope for a couple of > hundred bucks or less? > > Kerry Stone > Takoma Park > Montgomery County > kerryzelda@aol.com > > ======================================================================= > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= > > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================