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Recent content by Caty on the Bay

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    Porros or Roof Prisms -- survey

    I'll keep my "turd" then, and you enjoy that little toothpick binocular of yours. I rather like holding the binocular with my hands, not just my thumbs like roofs.
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    Porros or Roof Prisms -- survey

    2 leaning towards 1 Remeber, not all roof binoculars are bullet proof and water proof. I had a Bushnell 10x32 folding model that was certainly not waterproof and the prism came loose after a short drop. And many military binoculars like the Steiners are porros built like a tank.
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    Leica 8x32 BN - Still OK?

    I read here that Leica has now started putting a little lubricant on their binoculars, does this apply to the BN series as well?
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    field of view

    Tero, I am really not wishing to find an equally wide binocular and I am quite leaning towards a compact roof prism binocular for reasons I have said above. I want to know if it would be hard for me to adjust if I got them considering I have only really used about the widest you'll even find.
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    field of view

    I have the box still and it says EII, The box looks ancient but I guess their boxes still look like this, to be honest I have not spent much time with the binoculars in the last few weeks and I assumed it said the model on them some where in all that logo. I really want something smaller, so...
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    field of view

    Well there are a few things that bug me about these binoculars. When I used them recently in temperatures hovering in the teens they fogged as I got in and out of the van and the focus was hard to turn. I also notice problems both when using me glasses or contacts. I lose some of the view...
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    field of view

    They are marked EII, they were a hand me down from my grandfather. In doing some research I don't think they are as old as I thought but they look like the binoculars he used his whole life, but maybe I never noticed when he changed them.
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    field of view

    I may be spoiled but the only binocular I have used much is an older Nikon 8x30 with an 8.8 degree width. I have been tossing around the idea of an upgrade. I bird casually at best so I am thinking that a pair of really good compacts will do for my use but they have fields that are more like...
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    10x25 Ultravid

    Very intersting. I have found that improvement in my ability to identify birds comes more from sharpness (resolution I guess you call it) than from absolute brightness.
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    Nitrogen versus Argon

    You are joking, correct? The densities of the gasses, even under pressure, is low enough that one would not notice.
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    10x25 Ultravid

    Have any compact roofs equalled or bested the Bausch and Lomb 7x26 yet? A few years back when I was looking for a new pair of something to play with they were talked up and down as being the epitome of compact binoculars. Are the Ultravids the new epitome?
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    Design Selection Compacts?

    When were they made and were/are they any good?
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    Read any good books lately?

    Reminds me of a joke. A man wanted to get rid of a working but old refridgerator. He put in on the curb with a sing saying "free, works great" and it stayed there for a week. He changed the sign to say only "for sale, $50" and someone stole it that night.
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    Read any good books lately?

    Not a whole book on the subject, but Pete Dunne's book On Birdwatching has a good section on optics including how he came to use what he does today.
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    Mid Middles

    I quite like my 8x30 porro but feel it will eventually disintegrate. I'd like to buy an 8x32 roof one day but have heard things about a lot of false color in this price range. Is there a big difference between the upper-middle models like the Kahles and Pentax and the lower-mid models like...
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