mjensen6577
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An interesting read worth sharing.
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/page.aspx?pid=2674#topPicks
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/page.aspx?pid=2674#topPicks
hey Mike,
I'm not able to get to the page using the link provided.
~ Beth
I can't seem to get the link to work in this forum. Send me an email and I'll forward you an email link, then maybe you can help post it? Would be appreciated.
Link is working for me...
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/page.aspx?pid=2674#topPicks
Zeiss is at the top of the three categories they are competing in, and rightfully so...
Boy, I can find absolutely nothing on Cornell's site. Interested in reading this but why do I guess that the HT 8x42 is the new top pick?
Calling the 8x32 SV 4.8 and the 8x32 FL 5.0, in terms of optical "crispness" is nutzo. Not so. I've had them both for over a year. The FL drags far behind. Give it a try.
Keep in mind that Cornell is under a budgetery gun, nationwide gun really, so what can we do to drum up some bucks?? Yup, I know 'bout that crap. Wallowing in it for years. Ugh. It's got not so much to do with reality.
Mark
....shoot the messenger, if the message delivered isn't party-line.....
Anyway, we know that sample variation is probably enough for such differences to be noticed - so, maybe a poor Swaro sample, or a cherry Zeiss. I have little doubt that the SV does indeed best the FL in some categories.
I'm a bit chuffed that the FL bested the HT in clarity, crispness but, then again, the FL has always been a super-sharp bino.
This is weird as you quoted a reply to the thread by Kammer that I don't see. Was it deleted or something?
The Nikon EDG is curiously absent, though the Monarch 5 and 7 are ranked. The EDG should rank somewhere near the top,
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This is weird as you quoted a reply to the thread by Kammer that I don't see. Was it deleted or something?
I suspect it tells us rather more about the testers than the binoculars but since we don't know the controls (if any) in the study or the distribution of the raw data it's probably best to ignore it all together.
David