"Alan Gardiner" <alan.gardiner@poppet.com> wrote in message
news:bhh183$o4gc$1@ID-171913.news.uni-berlin.de...
> >
> > I am now seriously considering buying a second hand
> > Optolyth (30x75 I think) for hill walking where I'm
> > not planning anything too arduous. (e.g. If I have
> > any fillies coming with me... ;)  )
> >
> > I am certainly not hauling any fat tripods up the hill
> > but I guess a quality light weight scope might be
> > a real bonus for certain things...
> >
> > There could be some merit in a collapsible one
> > (lighter and longer - which give you more chance
> > to find a rock to prop it up on!)
> >
> > The man in the shop told me that pre the Swaros,
> > (and possibly pre the Nikons)
> > the Optolyth 10x75 BGAs were the scope of choice
> > for birders at one point a few years back.
> >
> > They were certainly pretty good. Nice camouflague
> > green colour and rubber armour too. Though I would
> > still prefer light-weight carbon-fibre/plastic to
> > aluminium just to save that precious weight.
> >
> >
> > Ship
> >
> I have an Optolyth 30X75 which I now keep as a spare; it is good
> optically and when I bought it 20 years ago it was far superior to other
> telescopes.

BTW, did Optolyth ever (/do they still) make alternative
eyepieces for the 30x75 - any idea?

I was considering either a zoom or simply a higher
magnification eyepiece - I dunno maybe x60?

It looks like they now make only a 25x70BGA (950g)
or else the much heavier x80BGA range (1390g).


> It is not good in damp conditions and mists up internally very easily
I imagine there must be covers that you can keep them in to
keep the worst of the rain off, whilst you use them, no?


Ship