Zeiss spotting scopes - Hobbies - Collecting

My father was a collector. Be it baseball cards as a kid, or pocket knives as an adult, or binoculars as an old man, he was a collector til the day he died. Some might say that he was a bit of a packrat, as well - certainly that's what my mom said as she was going through the house finding box of old effects after box of old effects - but really, he just liked collecting things. I think there's a distinction there, though others might obviously disagreee.

As I mentioned, my father collected scopes and binoculars in his old age. A favorite of his were zeiss spotting scopes, simply because of the workmanship and inherent value. zeiss spotting scopes are considered top of the line for the industry, the baseline against which all other scopes and binoculars are measured. And when my father passed and we ended up going through his stuff, we found, quite literally dozens of zeiss spotting scopes.

It's funny because he wasn't a very good shot. Not a marksman, not by any stretch. And not even zeiss spotting scopes could fix that.

But that didn't deter him or his interest in optics. He was a collector and a tinkerer, and he spent his time and money doing what he loved. Can't really go wrong there.

Now, most hunters and nature enthusiasts consider zeiss spotting scopes to be the best on the market today. One model in particular - the Diascope 85 - comes in for particular praise. Whether it's Field & Stream or American Outdoorsman, nearly every review for the Zeiss Diascope 85 is positively glowing.

It not only boasts superior optics, but it does the little things right as well. Take for example its tilted design; this makes it much easier for people of different heights to use that particular scope. This is important since, if you're out in the woods, the last thing you want to be doing is moving around a bunch, scaring the animals you're either hunting or trying to photograph.

It also has a roating eyepiece, which can be moved to the side, so that kids can use it as well. It's really an ideal scope, the best of the zeiss spotting scopes out on the market.

Of course, it doesn't exactly come cheap. If you want the Diascope 85 you should expect to shell out nearly two-thousand dollars. But if it's your hobby, if you're a collector, then it'll be worth every penny.

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