To all near-sighted Tweeters:

I wear glasses and need to choose a scope with at least 17mm of eye relief.
I have B&L 8X40 Elite binos (20mm eye relief) and they are great! However,
when I have tried the Kowa TSN with zoom I have had to remove my glasses to
get good viewing. I believe this will become most annoying over time and I
am, therefore, looking for an alternative. Kowa offers a fixed focal length
eyepiece with long eye relief (31.5mm) but at 25X. I wonder if this is
sufficient power and whether there are any other options. I have been told
that the Swarovsky is a better choice for eye-glass wearers: the unit has an
80mm objective and long eye relief. It comes in two models - one of which
is a high-end unit (an HD model, whatever that is), but is not phase
corrected. How important is this?

Anyone with comments or suggestions? Thanks.

Vic Smith
Richmond, BC
canada