Re: Looking for advice on finderscopes.

Sharp to the edge and color free--its called a telrad (or cousins).

Seriously, I got rid of all my finderscopes after using a telrad* for a
while, and picked up a 31mm Nagler. This enables me to use the whole
main optical system as a finder! and the telrad to point close enough
that the main scope can pan around to find the dim object. Try it , you
will like it. Our hit rate went up markedly after switching from
finders to zero power pointers.

[*] telrad is one zero power finder, there are several others of
similar construction.

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