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Is there a CL 7x21 Curio in my future?
Looking forward to your impressions. I wear a pocket bin pretty much everywhere and have for many years. Even the best of them aren’t as good as a premium full-sized binocular but I found that the little ones were all I was willing to bring if I wasn’t specifically bird watching. So long as you... -
Is there a CL 7x21 Curio in my future?
Congrats to Mike on the new acquisition. Given the small format, I find the optics are outstanding. I carry mine pretty much everywhere. My one gripe is the strap mounting system. Besides the shiny wire mounts looking out of place on my black Curios, they are in the wrong place to allow the... -
Is there a CL 7x21 Curio in my future?
Towards dusk today I took this picture of a Common Goldeneye on a bit of open water on an in-town lake using the Curio and my old Samsung smart phone. To reduce the vignetting I zoomed the phone to 3x (the max zoom on my phone is 4x). I held the bins vertically and centered the phone camera on... -
Is there a CL 7x21 Curio in my future?
Just to nudge the thread back to birds and the little Curio, I'll attach two pictures I took with pocket bins of local birds. The first was taken through my Leica 8x20 Ulravids of an unusual owl in Anchorage last year. The second was taken yesterday through my Curios of a couple of Bald... -
Is there a CL 7x21 Curio in my future?
I posted the attached picture to another thread but I'll repost it here. For me, I want to have the binoculars on a strap around my neck (personal preference) but also not too noticeable to the public. That was because I wore them in everything from business-casual to whatever was appropriate... -
Is there a CL 7x21 Curio in my future?
"So, which one do you carry, or do you also have both?" I had the 8x20 Ultravid about 18 years. They were stolen and I replaced them with the Swaro Curio. To my eyes/glasses combination, the wider FOV, slightly brighter view, and the quicker establishment of a good view (due to the larger... -
Is there a CL 7x21 Curio in my future?
I will chip in with my limited experience with 8x20 sized bins. For me size was the primary factor when choosing a companion for my 8x32s. I wanted dress-shirt pocketable, premium views and waterproof. When I was buying that meant the Leica 8x20 Ultravid. Today it means the little Leica and...