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From: sandee@sun16.scri.fsu.edu (Daan Sandee)
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Subject: Re: Kowa scopes
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Date: 27 Dec 90 15:26:32 GMT
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Somebody had a question about Kowa spotting scopes a few days ago, but the
posting has already disappeared from my machine.
The Fall 1990 number of The Living Bird Quarterly discusses spotting scopes,
and endorses the Kowa TSN-x. The only negative comment it could come up with
is that "the lens caps are wimpy". It specifically states that the zoom lens
is great.
The big question remains, of course : fluorite or not, or whether or not to
spend $400 to get a better picture in adverse lighting conditions. All
Kowa owners I ever talked to were convinced they had made the right decision,
whichever it was.

ABA (1-800-634-7736) sells it for way below list price, and if you become
a member for $24, you can save another $75 or so on a TSN-x plus zoom eyepiece
(plug, plug). Some mail order discount houses no doubt have lower prices.

Daan Sandee                                           sandee@sun16.scri.fsu.edu
Supercomputer Computations Research Institute
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4052  (904) 644-7045