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Where premium quality meets exceptional value. ZEISS Conquest HDX.

TSN-883

Kowa tsn 883 spotting scope best
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Kowa
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Recommended
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Pros
  • Weight
  • Size
  • Double focus wheel
  • Image quality
Cons
  • Price
Most reviews of this famous scope are based on the old TE-10Z (20-60x) zoom eyepiece. Make sure to use it with the TE-11WZ (25-60x) wide view zoom oculair or the latest version of this: TE-11 WZ II. Way better!
For a 88mm scope it's very compact and lightweight. Shorter and less weight then the Swarovski and Zeiss 85mm brothers.
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Price
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Pros
  • Sharp, contrasty, fantastic image - can be used for astronomy too.
Cons
  • Don't like the green color - got the 125th black version
Beautiful scope - every time I look into it, I get the Wow factor. Adapted my astro eyepieces to it - 500mm f5.6 - stretch to get high magnification. Solid M-42 (Orion nebula) views.
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Pros
  • Pin sharp, compact for large objective scope, focus system, 1.6 extender unit, quality and fit of stay-on case
Cons
  • None I can think of!
Just brilliant! Also have two Opticron Scopes which are very good too, (particularly MM3 60 GA ED) but not in this league.
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3 years experience. Excellent scope. Especially with the 30x Wide. Also good for digiscoping.
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Pros
  • sharpness, brighness, price (compared to Leica APO 82 and Swarovski ATM 80 HD), double focusknob, bajonetfitting, 30x wide, stay on case
Cons
  • FOV 20-60x zoom compared to new Leica and Swaro 25-50x zoom
see above
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