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help with spotting scopes
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<blockquote data-quote="Zep" data-source="post: 626470" data-attributes="member: 39468"><p>I am pretty much in the same boat, looking for a spotting scope which will go out to 500 meters maybe a little more. </p><p></p><p>I strongly suggest you look thru these things before you buy one because they can be like night and day. </p><p></p><p>If you can visit a birding store that sells quality scopes this is your best bet. I have one about an hour away from me and I visited them last week and will again this week. </p><p></p><p>Seems to me the Nikon ED82 purchased from one of the big camera stores in NYC is my current choice. Very good optics (zoom eyepiece) and a 25 year "NO Fault" warranty where they will fix or replace the scope no matter what happens to it for 10 bucks plus shipping. Nikon does this on a lot of their scopes. I use my stuff and I don't doubt some klutz walking by my bench will accidentally kick the tripod. This is too heavy as a carry scope. </p><p></p><p>By all means look at anything you can get your hands on, visit shoots and ask to look thru scopes. In all fairness some of the upper end scopes to me are disappointing (of course some are phenomenal). And not all of them are all that easy to use. </p><p></p><p>600 yards is a long way off so take your time making a choice or you will be disappointed. And you might have to save up a few more bucks, that is what I am doing, facts are facts, good optics cost the bucks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zep, post: 626470, member: 39468"] I am pretty much in the same boat, looking for a spotting scope which will go out to 500 meters maybe a little more. I strongly suggest you look thru these things before you buy one because they can be like night and day. If you can visit a birding store that sells quality scopes this is your best bet. I have one about an hour away from me and I visited them last week and will again this week. Seems to me the Nikon ED82 purchased from one of the big camera stores in NYC is my current choice. Very good optics (zoom eyepiece) and a 25 year "NO Fault" warranty where they will fix or replace the scope no matter what happens to it for 10 bucks plus shipping. Nikon does this on a lot of their scopes. I use my stuff and I don't doubt some klutz walking by my bench will accidentally kick the tripod. This is too heavy as a carry scope. By all means look at anything you can get your hands on, visit shoots and ask to look thru scopes. In all fairness some of the upper end scopes to me are disappointing (of course some are phenomenal). And not all of them are all that easy to use. 600 yards is a long way off so take your time making a choice or you will be disappointed. And you might have to save up a few more bucks, that is what I am doing, facts are facts, good optics cost the bucks. [/QUOTE]
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