hi angus,anguswholesale wrote:hello good morning,
I dont own shops but I do supply to some of my friends in the bino and telescope industry. it may be possible that they have shops there.
sorry because Im still new in this forum, is there specific place which i can refer to also to enhance my knowledge about scopes?
My exisitng knowledge is only good enough for wholesale but not for professional explanation unlike all of you. one great advantage that i have is that my my friend owns a bushnell oem plant in china which he also manufactuers many other oem sets.
thank you and good day.
do read up on the FAQ found under the FAQ section of this forum. It gives you a rough guide as to how to choose a good scope. There is some bias against China-made scopes attributed to the original author's inclination which may not be true now considering that the quality is improving very quickly but overall its a good read.
You can also buy this great book "The Backyard Astronomer's Guide" by Dickinson and Dyers. its an excellent book detailing almost every aspect of astronomy from scopes to accessories to astrophotography. The later editions are in full colour...price is not
cheap though. slightly under $100 the last time I checked!
btw, one of the best tell tale sign of a department store scope like Toys-R-Us is overstating the specs (eg x560, x450!) ! . As Kayheem has mentioned, the typical performance of standard optics is 2 x aperture in mm. For an 80mm scope, that would make it around x160. That is assuming good seeing and good optics. I would put the practical max mag at more like x130.
cheers
