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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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    Design Selection Compacts?

    When were they made and were/are they any good?
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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

    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

    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?

    I've encountered a new situation for me today, my first hybrid! In with some Mallards was one that was almost a perfect match for Sibley's illustration of a Mallard x American Black Duck hybrid. The Mallard is on my list already. I just started this winter with the birding. The American...
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