Peter,
A few years ago I accompanied a friend to check out bins at Bintel. From the
range available it came down to Monarchs vs Swarovski.
In bright sunlight I really couldn’t tell the difference. Although I seem to
remember the Monarchs had a little distortion around periphery, but I could
only notice it if I looked for it against straight lines.
Where Swarovski stood out was in low light. The difference was like having
lights on with Swarovski, or off with Monarchs.
IIAN
On Thursday, 14 December 2017, 10:28:16 pm AEDT, Peter Shute
<> wrote:
Richard, I’m interested to hear your opinion of the image quality of the
Monarchs vs the Swarovskis. I assume the latter are better, but by how much?
Peter Shute
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> On 13 Dec 2017, at 11:25 pm, Richard Nowotny <>
> wrote:
>
> Birding Aussers
>
> I recently purchased a pair of Nikon 8x30 Monarch 7 binos - as recommended
> by Don (in a generous private email exchange a few months ago).
>
> They were bought as a back-up to my Swarovski 10x42s, as a pair I can loan
> to friends/visitors, and as a smaller, lighter option to take on trips which
> are not dedicated birding trips but where some incidental birding may be
> possible (eg a golfing trip).
>
> I have found them to be everything Don claims for them. Light (almost
> exactly half the weight of my Swaros), easy to pack, excellent optics (with
> a surprisingly bright image), good field of view, robust, comfortable to
> use. I am extremely happy with them for all the purposes I had hoped for.
>
> No reservations (so far at least).
>
> Richard Nowotny
>
> Port Melbourne
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Birding-Aus On Behalf Of
> Donald G. Kimball
> Sent: Wednesday, 13 December 2017 5:37 PM
> To: calyptorhynchus .
> Cc: Canberra Birds;
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Minox binoculars, declining quality
>
>
>
> Hi Folks:
>
> I actually sell binoculars (and other birding related products) for a living
> at a shop called Wild Birds Unlimited in Novato, California. As I have
> mentioned on here before we LITERALLY sell over 100 pairs of binoculars each
> year. One of the big winners is actually from Nikon.
>
> Their Monarch 7 line is outstanding. Priced at around $400 U.S. They offer
> Japanese made glass and great bodies. They also come with a lifetime
> warranty. What I have noted is that for the 7.5 years we have been selling
> them its very very rare for any of them to come back to us needing repair.
>
> That plus the optics for the money are absolutely excellent. Bearing in
> mind also that if they are stolen one is not out a huge sum of money. I
> really enjoy working with customers each day trying to marry their budget
> and eyesight to whats best for them. Hope this helps a bit.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Don Kimball
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 11:34 PM, calyptorhynchus . <
> <> > wrote:
>
>
>
>> I am a great believer in budget optics because I think it's possible
>
>> to get a good quality image from binoculars without paying too much,
>
>> and it would be heart-breaking to have binoculars worth $1000s
> stolen/lost/damaged.
>
>>
>
>> I had a pair of Minox 10 x 44 binoculars I was very happy with, they
>
>> got a problem and Minox replaced them. They got another problem and
>
>> this time they were out of warranty, but Minox said to me I could have
>
>> a pair of the successor model (BV 10 x 44) at a wholesale price, so I
>
>> took them up on this.
>
>>
>
>> However, when they arrived I found the optics were markedly inferior
>
>> to my old Minox binoculars. I couldn't get a sharp image, and I guess
>
>> that Minox has been cutting corners with lens quality &c. So I am
>
>> having to return them.
>
>>
>
>> I'll have to cross Minox off my list of quality budget optics.
>
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