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Rick
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Reged: 04/12/05
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Loc: Tokyo, Japan
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Re: Binoculars or a good spotting or field scope?
05/10/08 05:08 PM
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Hi Bob,
FYI, the Kowa TSN-661 is waterproof and to a higher standard than the Fujinon and Pentax binos too. You should also say that at ~1000g it is a good 2x lighter/smaller than the Fujinon too.
I have just started playing around with spotting scopes myself. I have both the Kowa TSN-663 Prominar and a Pentax PF-65ED. The Pentax can accept standard 1.25" astronomical eyepieces. But what I think makes a spotting scope really cool is their ability to take a cheap $100 digicam and transform into a fairly fast F2.5-F5.5 800mm-2500mm terrestrial telephoto lens. An equivalent DSLR zoom lens if even made in these focal lengths would cost $10,000's more and be 20x heavier!
clear skies,
Rick
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