I haven't needed anything since I bought my Swarovski AT80 years ago, but the
best birding scopes, excepting the astronomical crossovers from Questar and
TeleVue, are from Kowa, Zeiss, Leica, Swarovski, Optolyth, Bausch & Lomb,
Pentax, and Nikon. Most major makers offer something in the 50-60mm objective
size and another model in the 80mm range. Many also have ED/Apo glass
alternatives of either or both lines.
Try here: http://betterviewdesired.com/
I'm sure that there are some other good sites. Check out the birding community
for more info.
FYI, don't expect to get stellar results from a camera on a birding scope.
Skip
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Subject: [OM] Bird-scoping!
From: Johan Malmstrom <jom@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 12:34:10 +0200
To: 'olympus@xxxxxxxxxx' <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>I'm thinking of getting a Spotting scope for bird-watching. And
>of-course I do want to use it with my OM's.
>
>Any body got any thing to say in this matter?
>Witch focus screen do I want?
>Is there a preferred brand? The common scope brands I see others use is
>Swarovski, Leica and some Kowa.
>
>Anything in this matter is relevant to me :)
>
>/ Johan
>
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