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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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    10x25 Ultravid

    It is said that a top of the line 32mm binocular is a better choice than a middle priced 42mm. Does this hold true for comparing a compact model like the 10x25 Ultravids compared to middle priced mid-sized binoculars?
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    32 or 42?

    I have been using an inherited 8x30 Nikon, 80's vintage. I encountered times I was dissapointed because I could not make out things is dark shadow so I bought myself a Swift 8x42, Ultralight I think. I don't exaclty remember because it turned out more to be bad lighting that any binocular...
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    I don't get it

    I think I get it.
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    I don't get it

    My confusion is this. The size of the image in the exit pupil is different at the same time the exit pupil is the same size. If I wanted to show more in the same size space wouldn't I need a smaller image? If both images are 8x how can they fit in the same diameter exit pupil when one is...
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    10x25 Ultravid

    Are the 10x25 Leica Ultravids one of the best binocular buys for the price? They seem to be perfoming better than expected by some guys around here for the size.
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    I don't get it

    Nikon Monarch 8x has 330'view, The same sized LXl has 367'? Both have 5.25mm exit pupils and have the same powers and objective sizes.
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    Torn between two feild guides

    I think Sibley will stay in the bag and National Geographic can live on the shelf. I am so used to the order and layout of Sibley that if I decided to switch it would take a lot of time to get used to.
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    I don't get it

    Okay maybe I am missing something. How can two binoculars with the same exit pupil have different fields of view? Probably a very basic question but I can't understand it. I would think that to have more field of view in the same sized circle you would have to decrease the power? Zoom in...
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    Torn between two feild guides

    I have been using Sibley's guides since the appeared. I started with the big one and was happy to get the smaller eastern guide when it was introduced. I have heard from some folks that the National Geographic guide is the new best so I bought one yesterday. I am a little unsure as to which I...
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    Hybrid in the Life List?

    So there is no official place on serious lists for hybrids? I can think of three modes of reasoning for this: 1, it is both a Mallard and an American Black Duck (This is not my favorite solution it was only one bird) 2, it is not a valid entry on a list (it is not an AOU species, more like...
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