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Best <$1000 spotting scope
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<blockquote data-quote="SidecarFlip" data-source="post: 1448254" data-attributes="member: 39764"><p>All of you will probably think I'm nukkin futz but I use a Celestron 100 ED for my spotter on a Manfroto CF tripod. The Celestron has a 100mm Objective, Magnesium body and it accepts standard astronomical eye pieces so the sky is the limit on what you can get. Mine shipped with a 60X zoom eye piece. I put it up next to my buddy's Swaro on my front porch and dialed in on a barn 1.5 miles away. Barring thermal distortion (was mid day sumnmer), neither of us could discern and quality difference between the two. Using the fine focus adjustment on the Celestron, I was able to see a knothole in the side of the barn clearly at 1.5 miles.</p><p></p><p>I use mine for star gazing and birding too. It's a helluva spotter and best of all, it's under 700 bucks. Got the tripod and spotter for just under a grand.</p><p></p><p>I like the big objective for it's light gathering capability. Comes with a built in sunshade and carrying ballistic nylon case.</p><p></p><p>Having said that, I about went bust on the Swaro EL Range bino's I didn't want an angry wife over the spotter, the EL's were bad enough.</p><p></p><p>It's not light but you can really reach out and see a loooooong way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SidecarFlip, post: 1448254, member: 39764"] All of you will probably think I'm nukkin futz but I use a Celestron 100 ED for my spotter on a Manfroto CF tripod. The Celestron has a 100mm Objective, Magnesium body and it accepts standard astronomical eye pieces so the sky is the limit on what you can get. Mine shipped with a 60X zoom eye piece. I put it up next to my buddy's Swaro on my front porch and dialed in on a barn 1.5 miles away. Barring thermal distortion (was mid day sumnmer), neither of us could discern and quality difference between the two. Using the fine focus adjustment on the Celestron, I was able to see a knothole in the side of the barn clearly at 1.5 miles. I use mine for star gazing and birding too. It's a helluva spotter and best of all, it's under 700 bucks. Got the tripod and spotter for just under a grand. I like the big objective for it's light gathering capability. Comes with a built in sunshade and carrying ballistic nylon case. Having said that, I about went bust on the Swaro EL Range bino's I didn't want an angry wife over the spotter, the EL's were bad enough. It's not light but you can really reach out and see a loooooong way. [/QUOTE]
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