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Old April 22nd 04, 01:41 PM
Jon Isaacs
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Default Bresser Special Saturn 30x70 binoculars

Just wondering if anyone had experienced them or had any thoughts on
them.


My thinking:

Pretty hard to justify these over a small scope. These are something like $160
Euros which will be around $200 US. For that you can buy an ST-80 OTA or an
XT-4.5 complete.. Both these will provide nice views of a variety of targets at
a variety of magnifications. The ST-80 will also double as a spotting scope.
It will need a mount, but then so will the 30x70s and the mount for the ST-80
will be cheaper....

In my way of thinking 30X binoculars are pretty limited, the FOV is 2 degres so
you won't be getting those big widefield bright views and you will still be
stuck at 30X.

A 2 degree FOV makes finding stuff pretty difficult without some sort of a
finder unless you are quite familiar with the sky.

By the way, Orion is having a sale right now on the ST-80's for $170.

jon