Advantages: Clarity, choice of lens, colour, brightness and price Disadvantages: Avoid the zoom eye piece...
== Nikon Fieldscope 82mm ED Angled body ==
=== Introduction ===For the uninitiated a Fieldscope is a telescope used for nature spotting and particularly bird watching. Generally sold with zoom type eyepieces and used with a tripod for stability, these will allow you to identify or observe birds at distances beyond the reach of your binoculars.
=== Choices ===There are two basic body designs - straight and angled. With straight scopes, the barrel ... ...=== Onto the Nikon ===I was persuaded to purchase the Nikon by the various reviews I had seen in magazines and on the Internet. A key consideration for me was the price, I paid £669 for scope and £229 for the 25-75x zoom eyepiece and the Nikon stay on case for £69.99 from warehouseexpress.com
The ED82 is a replacement for the ED78, as you would expect with a product from Nikon the build quality is very good the housing is made from a tough green ...
mcc28 28.10.2007
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Nikon Fieldscope ED82
(+) Large aperture, reasonably portable, good optics, dual axis drive on motorised model (-) Polar alignment scope difficult to use, heavy but necessary counter weights
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