Very good....for certain activities - Hawke Sport Optics Endurance ED Spotting Scope 12-36x50 Straight

I use the ed version of this model for spotting my arrows on a 122cm Olympic recurve target at 70meters. For that it works quite well. The image is crisp all the way to 30x, and a bit darker at 34x, but still crisp. However the major downside is short eye relief. One must press his eyeballs into the ocular cup to see full image and longer eyelashes will wipe the lens. On the upside, it is superlight. So for archery, I give it 4 stars. I deduct one star for eye relief. It may be “ born in the UK”, but it grew up in China. Quality on the unit I got is on par with Japan. Lens is on par with 50mm Bushnell elite scope. The fine focus wheel is on the lighter side. All in all I like it for what I use it for. For birding, I do not recommend this scope for fine detailing over 100 meters.