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Leupold Gold Ring HD Spotting Scope Issues????
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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 502280" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>the Leupold is an overpriced spotting at it's best! Before running out and spending $1200 on a scope (your dealer's gonna love you) try the others. The Lieca and Swarovski are about as good as it gets period. The Kowa comes in slightly behind them at about half the price. The Nikon and Bushnell Elite are also good scopes as well. You don't need an ED or Flourite lense scope for hunting uses unless there's something wrong with the basic design. To take this further the Kowa with standard lenses is number four on the list at worst (and several hundred dollars less), and the Kowa with Flourite lenses will be right in there with a Swarovski or Lieca at half the price tag.</p><p> </p><p>Think about this; you have a 60mm lense with 40x. That gives you a 1.5 light factor. Now you take a 77mm scope with a 40x eyepiece, and you will see a 1.92 factor or about 30% brighter image. But then you take the typical 82mm scope, and you'll see roughly 36% increase in light gathering. But when you have an 88mm scope with a 40X eyepiece you'll see a 46% increase in light gathering. But there's also more! Everytime you run the light thru a prism or a mirror you loose light. </p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 502280, member: 25383"] the Leupold is an overpriced spotting at it's best! Before running out and spending $1200 on a scope (your dealer's gonna love you) try the others. The Lieca and Swarovski are about as good as it gets period. The Kowa comes in slightly behind them at about half the price. The Nikon and Bushnell Elite are also good scopes as well. You don't need an ED or Flourite lense scope for hunting uses unless there's something wrong with the basic design. To take this further the Kowa with standard lenses is number four on the list at worst (and several hundred dollars less), and the Kowa with Flourite lenses will be right in there with a Swarovski or Lieca at half the price tag. Think about this; you have a 60mm lense with 40x. That gives you a 1.5 light factor. Now you take a 77mm scope with a 40x eyepiece, and you will see a 1.92 factor or about 30% brighter image. But then you take the typical 82mm scope, and you'll see roughly 36% increase in light gathering. But when you have an 88mm scope with a 40X eyepiece you'll see a 46% increase in light gathering. But there's also more! Everytime you run the light thru a prism or a mirror you loose light. gary [/QUOTE]
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