ORIGINAL: stalkingbear
Are you ABSOLUTELY SURE you wouldn't consider a 1.5x-5x? If not,then by all means go with the 2.5x-8x. You won't need much magnfication at all but you'll darn sure need WIDEEE field of view and in that case,less IS better.
I agree. Low magnification and a wide field of view is the way to go for close work.