Spotting Scope Selector Chart

                                                                                    

How to use this chart.
The chart below is designed to give a general guide to the suitability of Spotting Scopes for particular applications, based on magnification and brightness index (BI), the greater the number of X indicating greater suitability. 
In reaching these opinions, we have carefully considered the features of each model, such as body size and weight, optical characteristics and other specifications.
After finding a model which suits your most frequent use in the website, we suggest you check the chart below, to assess its more general suitability for other applications.


Bird
Watching

Nature

Landscape

Sports

Astronomy

Photography

Low Light
conditions

8-24x50
 xxx
xxx
xxx
xxx
x
x
x

12-36x50
xxx
xxx
xxx
xxx
x
xx
x
18-36x50
xxx
xxx
xxx
xxx
xx
xx
x
20-60x60
xxx
xxx
xxx
xxx
xx
xxx
xx
18-55x65
xxx
xxx
xxx
xxx
xx
xxx
xx
20-60x77
xxx
xxx
xxx
xxx
xxx
xxx
xx
20-60x80
xxx
xxx
xxx
xxx
xxx
xxx
xxx
22-66x100
xxx
xxx
xxx
xxx
xxx
xxx
xxx
25-75x100
xxx
xxx
xxx
xxx
xxx
xxx
xxx