Hi Everyone,
Again, thanks for the feedback to this topic. For what it's worth, I
discovered that City Camera House in Canberra's Civic has quite a good slection
of binoculars. They had the Nikon Monarch 8x42 binoculars which I tried and
they were very good. However after trying a number of different binoculars, I
felt that for me, the Bushnell Excursion 8x42 binoculars were nearly as good
for half the price ($350 as opposed to $700).
Rob
"Argue for your limitations and sure enough, they're yours."
Richard Bach, "Illusions"
Rob Geraghty
--- On Wed, 11/12/08, Peter Shute <> wrote:
> From: Peter Shute <>
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Binoculars or scopes for birding
> To: "" <>,
> "" <>
> Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2008, 12:58 PM
> That's correct about relief. Some people are also
> annoyed by too much, saying it causes too much
> "blackout" if you don't have your eyes exactly
> centred.
>
> Mine focus to 3.6m. Only once in the 18 months I've had
> them has this not been close enough, but I'd prefer if
> they focused just a little closer.
>
> If you're using "generic" binoculars then
> it's likely they don't have high quality optics, but
> who knows? Interesting that you found the more expensive
> ones uncomfortable. I looked around earlier this year and
> found Swarovski's much more comfortable than Leica or
> Zeiss, or any of the cheaper brands I tried. I'd like an
> explanation for that before I spend 1000's, just in case
> it's something as silly as finding a misaligned pair
> that happens to correct for some misalignment in my
> glasses.
>
> Some people say you can see more with higher magnification,
> others say you can't. Lower magnification does tend to
> mean narrower field of view. Some people don't mind, but
> I find my wide field of view (8.3 degrees) handy, even if
> it's blurry at the edges.
>
> I find it hard to tell how much more I'd be able to see
> with expensive binoculars when I test them in shops, I
> really think you need to try them for a day, which isn't
> practical. I've decided to wait a couple more years
> before trying to replace mine, and try out others'
> binoculars occasionally in the meantime.
>
> Peter Shute
>
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