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    Afraid of jumping the gun. Kite 16x42 vs Canon 18x50

    Except for comet finding and also novae hunting astronomers doing serious work use telescopes. I have absolutely no objection to people using large binoculars. A 150mm binocular cannot compete with a 317mm, 370mm or 520mm telescope. Certainly not at 265x or 400x. There is a superb planetary...
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    Afraid of jumping the gun. Kite 16x42 vs Canon 18x50

    I used a Japanese Celestron hand picked 20x80 for years hand held. It weighs 2.5kg and I had no trouble hand holding it for 20 minutes. I also have a 25x100, but it is a nuisance, needs a tripod and I rarely used it. The Jaegers refractor used 3 inch fit eyepieces. I don't know many...
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    Afraid of jumping the gun. Kite 16x42 vs Canon 18x50

    What concerned me about some of the videos for the Kite 42 IS binoculars, was that the reviewer seemed to be a friend of Kite and maybe not independent. So glowing as to be suspect. In fact I had a discussion with him. But with time the Kites may have improved, although the objectives are...
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    Afraid of jumping the gun. Kite 16x42 vs Canon 18x50

    Personally, I disagree. I haven't the slightest interest in using a binoviewer. A 100mm binocular is probably heavier than my Jaegers refractor and also wider and bulkier. It would need a more substantial tripod also. I could wizz around the garden going from object to object. I knew the sky...
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    Afraid of jumping the gun. Kite 16x42 vs Canon 18x50

    Although this is about binoculars, my most used optic for astronomy was a 123mm f/5.2 Jaegers telescope that weighed very little and was on the light weight mahogany tripod from the 3 inch Starboy refractor. It has a 3 inch fit drawtube. The field at 16x is 4.7 degrees. 35x 2 degree field. The...
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    Afraid of jumping the gun. Kite 16x42 vs Canon 18x50

    Strictly speaking a Kepler telescope inverts images as it has a positive objective and positive eyepiece. The Dutch or Galilean optics use a negative eyepiece giving upright images, but the field size depends on the objective size and length of the instrument and how close the eye is to the...
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    Afraid of jumping the gun. Kite 16x42 vs Canon 18x50

    The Kite 42s are not 42mm. Just look at the front. They are smaller. B.
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