Currently used binoculars
Meopta Meostar B1 8x32
Nikon EDG II 7x42
Nikon E II 8x30
Meopta Meostar B1 12x50 HD
Zen-Ray 7x43 ED3
Previously used or tried binoculars, some of which are still in my possession:
Zeiss Jenoptem 8x32
Zeiss 10x40 B/GA T*
Minox HG 8x33 MIJ
Minox BV 8x25
Vortex Fury 6,5x32 Used to love this, both 6,5x32s are in real use substituted with the 8x30/8x32 and 7x42
Meopta Meopro 6,5x32
Nikon Mikron 6x15 current version, not vintage
Pentax Papilio 6,5x21
Zeiss FL 10x32
Nikon Venturer/Premier/HG 10x32
Bushnell Excursion 8x28
Nikon Monarch X 10,5x45
IOR Valdada 7x40
Zeiss Notarem 8x32
Vortex Fury 8x42
Nikon 7x50IF HP WP Tropical
Meopta 6x30 porro Classic lightweight porro >50 years old, with a very decent view, but impossibly tight eye relief
Mamiya 7x28 roof
Zeiss DF 6x18
Apart from keeping some for their sentimental value, for being rare or for exhibiting extraordinary traits, I have navigated away from anticlockwise-focusing models, IF models, models with very skewed colour rendition, models exhibiting excessive CA or just for lack of real use. The only possible improvement I could think of would be replacing the Meostar 8x32 with... a Meostar 8x32 :eek!: or a Cabela's Euro Instinct 8x32. That could possibly also be done with a Kite Lynx 8x30, but if their price were the same, I'd likely go with the Meopta since I developed a very tight bond with it. My current sample's focus knob stiffness is long gone which is pure bliss.
//L