Hi Dan. I have an ST80 HD. With eyepiece it is exactly 18" long and 4" deep.
I don't have a scale at home but it feels like it weighs about 4 pounds but
that's just a guess.






>From: "Dan Clark" <danclark at seanet.com>
>Reply-To: danclark at seanet.com
>To: "'Daniel Bastaja'" <birdingfaqs at hotmail.com>,
><tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>Subject: RE: Pentax Spotting Scope?
>Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 08:22:01 -0800
>
>Daniel,
>
>Do you own the AT/ST or the ATS/STS? I understand that the ATS/STS is
>new, and smaller and lighter than the AT/ST. Can you comment on this?
>
>Regards,
>
>Dan.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Daniel Bastaja [mailto:birdingfaqs at hotmail.com]
>Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 10:52 PM
>To: danclark at seanet.com; tweeters at u.washington.edu
>Subject: RE: Pentax Spotting Scope?
>
>
>Hi Dan. This is Daniel Bastaja up in Vancouver, Canada chipping in on
>Thur.
>Jan. 2nd, 2003. In my opinion there is nothing out there to compare to
>Swarovski. I think it is the absolute best money can buy. BUT I would
>strongly recommend going for the 65mm HD. This is the new model
>Swarovski
>just introduced in 2002. It is the same price as the 80mm HD yet it is
>much
>lighter and more compact. With the quality of Swarovski optics, and
>especially if you use the 30X wide angle eyepiece, you won't notice the
>difference much between the 80mm objective lens and the 65mm lens. BUT
>you
>will notice a huge difference in portability of the two. The 65mm will
>be a
>joy to pack around, compared to that massive, cumbersome chunk of metal
>that
>is the 80mm. I say this because I own an 80mm HD. It really is an
>incredible
>piece of optics but it is just too darn big. That is it's ONLY drawback.
>I
>think reluctance by birders to buy the 80mm because of it's size is THE
>reason Swarovski decided to come out with a 65mm birding scope. By the
>way....if you do decide to purchase an 80mm, let me know. I have a
>brand-new, never-been-used, green cordura cover for an 80mm Swarovski
>scope
>that I could let you have for half price. I think this cover retails for
>$80
>U.S. at ABA Sales. I could let you have it for $40 U.S. It's the cover
>that
>came with my 80mm when I bought it but I don't like using it. If I see
>something that looks hot and need to draw a quick bead with my scope,
>the
>cover just gets in the way. Too darn many zippers and things to figure
>out.
>I like simplicity and to me that means a naked scope.
>Regards,
>Daniel Bastaja
>e-mail: birdingfaqs at hotmail.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: "Dan Clark" <danclark at seanet.com>
> >Reply-To: danclark at seanet.com
> >To: "'Tweeters'" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> >Subject: RE: Pentax Spotting Scope?
> >Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 22:07:11 -0800
> >
> >Brendan,
> >
> >Have you looked at, http://www.betterviewdesired.com/RefSet.html?
> >Pretty good site and they have reviews of several scopes.
> >
> >I'm not quite ready for a scope yet, but I've been thinking about the
> >Swarovski ATS-80 HD. At about $1500 (without the eyepiece), iIt's more
> >than your target, but it looks like a great scope. The same scope in
> >non-HD is about $1100.
> >
> >What other scopes have you looked at? How does the Pentax compare to
> >the Swarovski?
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Dan.
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu
> >[mailto:TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Brendan McGarry
> >Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 9:03 PM
> >To: Tweeters
> >Subject: Pentax Spotting Scope?
> >
> >
> >Hey Tweets,
> > I am wondering if anybody out there own an 80mm
> >Pentax spotting scope. I have been doing a lot of research on scopes
> >lately and I believe this is the scope I want, but I also haven't
> >really been able to look through one. Even if anybody could tell me if
>
> >they would reccomend my investment or not. They are about 1000 dollars
>
> >which is what I want to spend and it has all the features and from
> >reviews is a very good scope. Still 1000 dollars is a big investment
> >and I don't want to just buy the scope based on a web sites
> >reccomendation. Any help would be really appreciated.
> > -Brendan
> >
> >Brendan McGarry
> >Seattle, Washington
> >Pica_pica417 at hotmail.com
> >
> >
>
>
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