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Re: Kowa TS-501/Z Scope

To: "lozza" <>
Subject: Re: Kowa TS-501/Z Scope
From: "Tony Russell" <>
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 15:43:46 +1030
Having one of the 20 - 60x Leica zooms I too find 50 -60x just loses too
much.
I tend to use it on 20 -30x most of the time. My next purchase will be a
fixed 32x wide angle as a good general purpose eyepiece.
Tony.
Adelaide birding by 4WD
phone: 08 8337 5959
e-mail: 
>
> >I think the moral is that you need to very thoroughly think through what
you
>
> >want your scope for before you pay out the money. Optical quality, if you
do
>
> >not have your scope with you because it is too heavy, avails you nothing.
>
> Hi Bruce
>
> My thoughts exactly! ... and accordingly I have nothing against the big
ones
> - I'm quite happy to look through those that belong to friends when out
wadering
> with them!  When I was canning the 40-60 range of a 20-60x zoom earlier
on,
> I meant to be general rather than just Swarovski (the Leica is just as
fuzzy
> & vignetted up around 50-60x).  From my experience, none of the zooms are
useful
> above 40x.
>
> Cheers -- Lawrie
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