HungryHippo
New member
Hi there,
Over the years I have purchased a spotting scope and a pair of binoculars for my family to watch the birds and other wildlife around where we live.
The binoculars we are using are:
Bresser 8x60
(100m/1000m)
Under 50€ from Lidl.
Regardless of weight and size these have proven to be perfectly useful for our needs.
However, I have taken a liking to going out at night and sitting at the field edge in a hide and watching for all sorts of nocturnal animals. I live in Scandinavia and at this time of year the winters are very dark, all-be-it with normally some snow to reflect around what little light there is. These Bresser binoculars have been ok for this night time use. The large objective lens of 60mm in the Porro format seems to work just well enough.
I would love to know however, if I could improve my night viewing using better quality binoculars.
For example, Meopta Meostar B1 8x56 roof prisms would numerically and from a prism perspective be a bit poorer in the dark, but would I actually find them significantly or just a little better in the dark than my very cheap Bresser?
If so, any thoughts on what a low quality 8x60 Bresser might equate to in a quality glass (such as Meopta or Steiner) for light transmission (e.g. 8x56 or 42, etc)
Also any thoughts on particular binoculars (or just what to look for) which would be superb for my use at night would be much appreciated.
Thanks very much for your help, your time and feedback is very much appreciated.
Kind regards
H.
Over the years I have purchased a spotting scope and a pair of binoculars for my family to watch the birds and other wildlife around where we live.
The binoculars we are using are:
Bresser 8x60
(100m/1000m)
Under 50€ from Lidl.
Regardless of weight and size these have proven to be perfectly useful for our needs.
However, I have taken a liking to going out at night and sitting at the field edge in a hide and watching for all sorts of nocturnal animals. I live in Scandinavia and at this time of year the winters are very dark, all-be-it with normally some snow to reflect around what little light there is. These Bresser binoculars have been ok for this night time use. The large objective lens of 60mm in the Porro format seems to work just well enough.
I would love to know however, if I could improve my night viewing using better quality binoculars.
For example, Meopta Meostar B1 8x56 roof prisms would numerically and from a prism perspective be a bit poorer in the dark, but would I actually find them significantly or just a little better in the dark than my very cheap Bresser?
If so, any thoughts on what a low quality 8x60 Bresser might equate to in a quality glass (such as Meopta or Steiner) for light transmission (e.g. 8x56 or 42, etc)
Also any thoughts on particular binoculars (or just what to look for) which would be superb for my use at night would be much appreciated.
Thanks very much for your help, your time and feedback is very much appreciated.
Kind regards
H.