Comparison Chart
Scope Review Table
From Living Bird magazine, Winter 2002| Model Objective lens (mm) |
Price1 . | Weight (oz)2 | Close focus . | Image (20x)3 | Image (60x)3 | "Feel"3 | Eyeglasses4 | Category rank5 | |
| ZOOM SPOTTING SCOPES | |||||||||
| Bausch & Lomb Elite 80 ED | 80 | 1,213 | 57.6 | 19' 0" | 2.3 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 7.8 |
| Bausch & Lomb Elite 70 | 70 | 922 | 41.6 | 33' 0" | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 9.8 |
| Bushnell Spacemaster | 60 | 298 | 36.8 | 23' 0" | 2.6 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 9.4 |
| Fujinon Super ED 80 | 80 | 998 | 54.4 | 16' 4" | 1.6 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 5.4 |
| Kowa TSN 823 | 82 | 2,163 | 62.4 | 19' 0" | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.8 |
| Kowa TSN 663 | 66 | 1,301 | 41.6 | 16' 2" | 1.3 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 4.4 | 7.7 |
| Leica Televid 77mm APO | 77 | 1,754 | 72.0 | 11' 0" | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| Leica Televid 77mm (non-APO) | 77 | 1,254 | 72.0 | 11' 0" | 1.5 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 3.4 |
| Nikon ED 78 Fieldscope | 78 | 2,521 | 54.4 | 13' 1" | 1.6 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 4.8 |
| Nikon Fieldscope II | 60 | 1,692 | 44.8 | 13' 1" | 1.8 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 7.2 |
| Optolyth TBG80 GA/HD | 80 | 1,498 | 59.2 | 18' 8" | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 6.9 |
| Optolyth TBG100 GA/HD | 100 | 2,298 | 95.4 | 43' 7" | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 7.7 |
| Pentax PF80 HD | 80 | 2,154 | 72.0 | 18' 0" | 1.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 6.6 |
| Swarovski ST80 HD | 80 | 1,942 | 60.0 | 18' 0" | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| Swarovski ST80 | 80 | 1,487 | 60.0 | 18' 0" | 1.6 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 4.5 |
| Swarovski ATS 65 HD | 65 | 1,500 | 48.3 | 8' 0" | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 2.4 |
| Swift Nighthawk ED | 80 | 1,240 | 48.0 | 28' 5" | 2.5 | 4.4 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 11.8 |
| ASTRONOMY SCOPES | |||||||||
| Celestron C90 | 90 | 399 | 72.0 | 4' 4" | 3.0 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 5.4 |
| Celestron C5 | 125 | 599 | 88.0 | 10' 6" | n/a | 3.0 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 4.3 |
| Celestron 102mm Wide View | 102 | 329 | 81.6 | 19' 3" | 1.5 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 4.0 |
| Questar Birder | 89 | 3,800 | 72.0 | 7' 2" | 1.0 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 2.8 |
| Tele Vue 76 | 76 | 1,675 | 104.0 | 19' 8" | 1.0 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 2.0 |
| Tele Vue 85 | 85 | 2,080 | 134.4 | 29' 1" | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
1 Manufacturer's suggested retail price includes zoom
eyepiece; these prices are only provided as a basis for comparison;
actual prices vary greatly and may be considerably lower. 2 Weight
includes standard zoom eyepiece. 3 Compared across all models (scale of
1-5, with 1 being the best). 4 Overall "friendliness" to eyeglass
wearers (scale of 1-5, with 1 being the best). 5 Overall subjective
ranking by 20 reviewers within each category.
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