[jamespierce (James)]

I've had the chance to own and try most of the smaller taks... don't worry too much about the exact edition of the size variation, there are really no lemons - older taks can often be had for very reasonable prices considering.



Any of the 60s are great, but a little small for visual I think. By the time you have a mount good enough for astrophotography you might as well have a bit more scope too I think.



The 76s are better, but much longer, for only a little more aperture.


A Sky 90 is an amazing portable scope if you can find one.


One of the 100s is probably the best visual scope, and with the right reducer or flattener great for photo use also but they are getting a bit big for easy portable. Still for photo work you always need a solid mount or it's just a frustrating waste of time.


If I could only own one small tak for portable visual and photo use it would be a Sky 90.