I tested a pair of Leupold Wind River Mesa 10x50 in my recent Small Binocular series. There finest attribute is their very good outer field sharpness. They...
... field ... Ed, Your comment on on-axis beam tilt makes me think that the pair you tested may have had a conditional alignment of one barrel to bring the ...
Both barrels were tilted the same amount. This is measured with a dead center on-axis beam. There is a correlation between beam tilt and lower total...
I sure do hope Binocular companies have experts who will inspect each unit before they ship so as to be assured of quality. Binocs can be misaligned during...
Thank you, Ed ,for your terrific advise. I bought one of my daughters Nikon 8 x 40 Action Extreme for Mother's Day yesterday from OpticsPlanets.com. It is an...
On to the Orion 7x50 Resolux. In short an optically much better binocular than the 10x50 with vastly improved edge of field performance. I borrowed one of...
Thank you, Barry for a very interesing review. Do you know what these alleged Fujinon 7 x 50 M22 "military" binoculars are that are offered on eBay, NIB? Are...
More on the Fujinon 7 X 50 M22. The seller says they are made in the U.S. and are Army surplus. Which is interesting ,because we all recall WWII Army were 6 X...
...Geez..Abrams M-1A Tank....Not Abraham.. With the Reticle in the right Ocular, we could get used to that, and pretend we are measuring, say, M-31.Anyway,...
I get occasional e-mails on binouclar of the month and this month it's those big binos 28x110. Just to see what they're going for I flipped to the website and...
Re-the eBay Fujinons you are referring too.... I am unfamiliar with them so without doing a little research, I cannot comment on either their authenticity or...
I had my friend's new pair of Orion Resolux 7x50's out under the stars last night and indeed, as suspected, they are a lot better than the Orion Resolux...
While I personally only use hand-held binoculars, during my purchase yesterday of a Vixen PORTA Alt-Az Mount, after it was shown to me at a local store by the...
April, 2007, mine were $599.95, so yes it looks so. I'm thinking error on the advertisement, List price and your price aren't usually something to e-mail...
Hello, I am looking to purchase a pair of binoculars that I will be taking when I move back home to South Africa. I am interested in purchasing either the...
Hello Mark, I have the Zhumell 20x80. The views are ok for astronomy but not that great. For its price, I would say that it is a good buy, that is if the unit...
Mark, Yes, lightweight is certainly the Key. I sold my Orion 20 x 80's (Japan made) because they weighed near 9 pounds. BTW, Surplushed.com has Konus 20 x 80...
More, the Surplus Shed Konus 20 X 80 ( $89.95) have BaK-7 Porro prisms...oddly, it will make very little difference...You may love them. CS, P.Z. ... Be a...
Has anybody used the Garrett® Gemini 20x80 TWP-IF/CF Triplet Binoculars? If so, how good are they compared to the Oberwerk Binos? ... prisms...oddly, it will...
There are three Oberwerk 20x80s. Compared to the Obie 20x80 deluxe II, they are the same binocular. See comprehensive review in CN Reports - Binocuars The...
After talking w/ Zach at Garrett Optical, I am probably going to go w/ the GarrettR Gemini 20x80 TWP-IF/CF Triplet Binoculars. He informed me that the new...
Hello to all, I just joined the group yesterday. I am interested in astronomy and star gazing. I have enjoyed watching planets and comets in past. I was...
... welcome, we discuss many binocular astronomy issues, but do not have in person activities. I would suggest going to a local star party in your area, or a...
Hello all, What are the up and down sides of a pair of binoculars which are 8-20x50 zoom for astronomy. The ones I am cosidering are 80's era Tascos(Japanese)...
Got them from Anacortes Telescope and Wild Bird. Now I just have to wait for them to get here... Anyone out there have these? Got any observing stories with...
A couple of months ago I had a dark pre-dawn here in Prince Frederick, Maryland. My east is toward the Chesapeake Bay where there is little light pollution. I...
Hi Ben, You will need about twice the magnification of your 15X Barskas to see M57 as a ring shape. Still, I find M57 pretty easy to find it in my 14X70 Fujis....
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