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From: gpasq@picuxa.UUCP (Greg Pasquariello X1190)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: telescopes
Message-ID: <710@picuxa.UUCP>
Date: 30 Nov 88 14:04:04 GMT
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Reply-To: gpasq@picuxa.UUCP (Greg Pasquariello X1190)
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In article <7823@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> e299-ao@sim.UUCP (Brenda Baker) writes:
-My Mother is trying to decide on a telescope to buy for bird watching.
-We've looked at the Discoverer by Bausch and Lomb and were not very
-impressed.  She has also looked at the Renaissance by Televue.  Does
-any one have any comments on it or any other brands?
-
-Brenda Baker
-e299-ao@sim.berkeley.edu

A friend of mine has a Discoverer... I wear glasses and can barely see through
it!

I own a Nikon scope.  It was priced about $300 (I think), is _VERY_ clear, and
has a rather quick, easy to use focus adjustment.  You can buy the Nikon scope
with special lenses (I don't know if they are coated or made with special 
glass), but the price is almost twice as much.  Unless you are trying to see
feather mites at dusk, I would go with the cheaper model.

Be aware that, almost as important as the scope, is your choice of tripod.
I believe that in an upcoming issue of Birding, there is a very good article 
on tripod selection by Rich Ditch (Hi Rich).  If you don't get the magazine, 
or it's not in the next issue or so, drop me a note, and I will send a copy 
of the article.

Greg
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