I have just bought a National Geographic Full Size Telescope - 35x-525x magnification power with 90mm ovjective lens size. Is this telescope suitable for looking at birds, land sights or is it just for looking into the skies?? Thank you for your response. If this is not suitable, which one would be as I want one that looks at land distances - ocean, boats etc.?

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Hi Twiggie,
You will find good advice here:
http://starizona.com/acb/basics/using_balancing_gem.aspx

Good luck,

Clive.

Joe Lalumia aka TelescopeMan

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• Posted on Jan 04, 2009

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Your small telescope will never get beyond about 100 power --- the maximum resolution is calculated as 50 times aperture under perfect conditions!

Use the eyepieces with the LARGEST numbers only and don't use the barlow.

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I had the same problem, when i check from repair people, they say that the CCD needs cleaning. I havent tried it yet, But going to do it soon. Will see what happens

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I have had the same issue were the lens would not retract. took it in for extended warranty work. lens now retracts but takes lousy pictures.

When I purchased this camera family members ran out and bought thiers shortly after I did. One by one the same issue has happend to their v1253's.

I dissmantled one and found that there is a tiny battery on the power board inside of the camera. apparently the tiny battery's life is about 1 1/2 years. This battery is not serviceable as it is welded in place. I am not one hundred percent sure if this is the cause but it makes sense.

It would be nice if kodak would own up to this issue and make good on repairs as they did with my kodak 5500 all-in-one printer and it's crappy print head. Kodak has sent me 4 print heads in the 2 years I have owned it.

I have 5 of the v1253's in my family and every one of the are dead. I would think a $250 product should last longer than 1 1/2 years.
Hope this helps you out.