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From: misan@ra.abo.fi (Annika Forsten DC)
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Subject: Re: Kowa scopes
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Date: 28 Dec 90 15:34:37 GMT
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In-reply-to: sandee@sun16.scri.fsu.edu's message of 27 Dec 90 15:26:32 GMT

In article <1732@sun13.scri.fsu.edu> sandee@sun16.scri.fsu.edu (Daan Sandee) writes:


>   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.

I agree completely with Daan. Kowas have been used a lot here in Finland.
In fact about 10 years ago 99% of the birders had Kowas. Nowadays many
are using Optolyth. I still have the old TS-1 and I like it very much.
The TSN-models are very much better though and I'll probably buy one
when my old scope gets too old.

annika forsten, finland