# Anyone know about spotting scopes? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 15, 2005, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-about-spotting-scopes/299485 "2005-04-15T15:36:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tuco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuco)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-about-spotting-scopes/299485/1 "2005-04-15T15:36:54Z")
Dad has into his bird watching for a long time and has decided to take the plunge and buy a spotting scope. He has 10x magnification on his binoculars but that’s the limit of what he can hold steady so wants more magnification on a tripod mount. Does anyone have any experiences with these? ---
**Author:** ![justwannano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-about-spotting-scopes/299485/2 "2005-04-15T15:48:06Z")
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**Author:** ![justwannano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-about-spotting-scopes/299485/3 "2005-04-15T15:50:43Z")
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