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    Affordable Japanese binoculars

    I currently have a thing developed for Japanese produced binoculars, I really love their quality, does anyone know of any more Japanese binoculars sub $500 to add to my list? I recently snagged a Vortex Viper 8x28 on ebay, and it is most excellent, it's now the most precious binocular I own...
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    Do you cry when you use binoculars?

    My eyes always seem to shed a significant amount of tears when I mount the eyecups of my binoculars to my eyes, and I just dont seem to know why. I dont have any headaches or eyestrains, my eyes just get really wet when I look through binoculars. I find myself routinely wiping my tears off the...
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    Sadly, Vortex quality control is all over the place

    If you visit my vortex solo first impressions in the Vortex subsection, I talk about how I recently purchased an solo 8x25 model, and one of the occular eyepiece elements was rattling around in the eyepiece. I've returned it. But since then I've purchases a Vortex vanquish on Amazon for my...
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    Vortex Solo 10x25 just arrived this evening

    After the purchase of those horrible steiner compact binoculars, I quickly ordered the most well know pocket monocular, the Vortex Solo 10x25, my quest for my ultimate pocket optic is still on the go. I've just opened the package, the overall construction quality is superb. The rubber armor is...
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    I purchased a Steiner Safari Pro 10x26 and instantly regreted it

    I purchased a Steiner Safari 10x26 and instantly regreted it These are the current versions of the Safari 10x26 currently listed on Steiners website. What orginally brought me to purchase them was the cylindric twist up eyecups, and the large stated field of view (312ft) 59 degrees AFOV...
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    Wingspan Optics Crystalview Ultra 8x42 first impressions

    Infamous Amazon binoculars (formerly Polaris optics), you've probally seen ads for them if you shop for binos on Amazon, and pretty much you would likely dismiss them as chinese junk being heavily pushed. The Crystal view ultra is strikingly similar, if not identical to the defunct Vortex Talon...
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    Bass Pro Oculus 7.0 10x25

    I happened to buy one at my local bass pro recently. I know it is essentially the same as the Bushnell legend 10x25 and Alpen wings 10x25 (must be the same chinese manufacturer) except it's only a single barrel with a knurled body focus adjustment. It's ED, so I take it must be an upscale...
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    I found out I cant use individual focus binoculars

    I got my hands on a Celestron Echelon 16 x 70, and I can not get a clear picture through them no matter what -/+ eyepiece setting I put them on. On all my center focus binoculars, my diopter setting is usually slightly below negative, but it feels the only way I can get a somewhat clearest...
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    Nikon Prostaff 3S 10x42 - Very impressive!

    On sale for $108 dollars at a Walmart I visited! Oh my goodness, I bought them with cash as soon as I saw them! Very impressive pair of binoculars!!!! Probally the number one attribute/perk of this binoculars is a sub $130 binocular with a Massive FOV ( 7 degrees, 367 FOV, 70 AFOV!) Yes the...
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    Is there an advantage to lower FOV?

    I notice many of the Japanese made, and premium top notch binoculars still only have 50-56 afov. My Vortex Vipers 10x42 have 61 afov, while some of the other newer binoculars push 65+ afov (340 feet+ for 10x, 430 feet+ for 8x.) Is there an advantage to a lower FOV? like in the 50-56 afov...
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    Do these Nikon Monarch 7's for sale look suspicious?

    Are there such things as counterfeit Nikon Monarch 7's? They are priced quite low ($360) vs the going rate of $450-479. Maybe they are sold second hand, and dont qualify at all for Nikon's warranty...
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    New to binoculars, what binocular to get for around $600?

    Hi everyone, I've been around and used some binoculars before, but this is my first time purchasing one for myself. I did many much research over the past 4 months into which binocular model I should get, and I narrowed my decision onto the Minox 10x52 blhd model...
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