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    New low light weatherproof binoculars

    Funny thing is; I can remember when pretty much all binoculars didn't have objective covers. Zeiss's classic work horses, the Dialyts, didn't have them, a lot of older 7x50 marines don't seem to have them, and neither did the two classic Leitz and Leica Trinovid models. I use them on those...
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    New low light weatherproof binoculars

    I have no idea what the best binocular configuration might be for er... haunted locations, or UFOs, but reckon 7x mag will probably be all right for gamebird sized targets (especially if they are within reasonable distance) - but for smaller targets (songbirds etc) might start getting difficult...
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    New low light weatherproof binoculars

    But what are you actually looking at? As some have mentioned upthread, 7x42 can be significantly outperformed by eg. 10x56 in low light - I find 7x mag can sometimes feel a little underpowered, and in bad light more magnification can be helpful when trying to find and identify birds. Of course...
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    New low light weatherproof binoculars

    If you're birding (which seems like a silly question to ask, given the name of this website/forum, but so many folks in this Binoculars subsection don't seem to have any interest in birding, and some in fact actively despise birders), 7x50 and 8x56 are very specialist binoculars. Without...
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