I'm looking to upgrade from my first pair of binoculars which are absolutely fine for what they are but just not either mechanically or optically what I was hoping for.
I almost decided to make a blog out of the process and rationale behind what I end up with but decided to start here in the Nikon forum for no other reason than my current thinking is that, if pressed to upgrade tomorrow based on just what I've read then a pair of Monarch HG 8x42's would probably be my choice. I think this is perhaps a good benchmark choice as, from what I understand, it's challenging in an increasingly competitative 'Beta' market and appears to break new ground at this price point.
(In another window I'm reading the 'Death of the alpha' thread with fascination)
Fortunately I'm not compelled to buy straight away. In fact it will probably be more like 3-6 months.The one thing I'm reasonably certain I'm not going to do if it can be avoided is throw any more money at this issue without being able to look through the binoculars I might buy. Lesson learned.
I know myself well enough to know that my thinking will evolve and change with time, circumstances, growing experience and knowledge. I thought it might be interesting to share how this process evolves, especially if you would be willing to throw some of your vast knowledge and experience into the pot . If this sort of thing has either been done before to death or it belongs elsewhere then could I ask the mods. to either move or delete it as they see fit?
If it is in the right place and not just endlessly replicating many other similar threads then I'll periodically update where I am with the process.
I guess in the first update I'll start with the binoculars I have and go from there.
Tm
I almost decided to make a blog out of the process and rationale behind what I end up with but decided to start here in the Nikon forum for no other reason than my current thinking is that, if pressed to upgrade tomorrow based on just what I've read then a pair of Monarch HG 8x42's would probably be my choice. I think this is perhaps a good benchmark choice as, from what I understand, it's challenging in an increasingly competitative 'Beta' market and appears to break new ground at this price point.
(In another window I'm reading the 'Death of the alpha' thread with fascination)
Fortunately I'm not compelled to buy straight away. In fact it will probably be more like 3-6 months.The one thing I'm reasonably certain I'm not going to do if it can be avoided is throw any more money at this issue without being able to look through the binoculars I might buy. Lesson learned.
I know myself well enough to know that my thinking will evolve and change with time, circumstances, growing experience and knowledge. I thought it might be interesting to share how this process evolves, especially if you would be willing to throw some of your vast knowledge and experience into the pot . If this sort of thing has either been done before to death or it belongs elsewhere then could I ask the mods. to either move or delete it as they see fit?
If it is in the right place and not just endlessly replicating many other similar threads then I'll periodically update where I am with the process.
I guess in the first update I'll start with the binoculars I have and go from there.
Tm