Re: Spotting scope that won't break the bank.
i'll get a DDoptics spotting scope. not sure yet on the 60 or 70 objective, but i compared the Pirschler 15-45x60 at length yesterday evening and night with the Swaro 30x75. Three of us agreed that the clarity is on par with the Swaro. Might be that the DDoptics is a tiny bit darker, but we think this is rather due to the difference in objective diameter (60 vs 75) than anything else.
Considering that the Swaro costs 1k euro (here in Austria) compared to the DDoptics (which i can get from a local distributor) from about 450 euro, i don't see why i should get the old swaro design (extendable, heavy, open to the outside) vs the ddoptics (small, waterproof)