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Buying some binoculars for the wife (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter BlueBird23
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Bins for the wife...
My wife liked neither my Leica Ultravid 10x42 nor my Zeiss Victory FL T* 8x42.... yet she loves the $180 pair of Canon 7x42 AWP bins I snatched up just after they were discontinued. After all is said and done, they aren't "alpha" bins and don't purport to be alpha bins, but they perform beautifully and the price to feature ratio is unbelievable. Go figure...
My wife liked neither my Leica Ultravid 10x42 nor my Zeiss Victory FL T* 8x42.... yet she loves the $180 pair of Canon 7x42 AWP bins I snatched up just after they were discontinued. After all is said and done, they aren't "alpha" bins and don't purport to be alpha bins, but they perform beautifully and the price to feature ratio is unbelievable. Go figure...
They went to the E-Bay boneyard. My Chiropractor bill was enormous. Good optics, though.
Hobbes2
Well-known member
Speaking as a member of the fairer sex 
, and if money were no object, I'd have the Ziess FL 8x32s. They are the lightest on the market and (if they're anything like the 8x20s) superb optically. The Nikon EDG is a little heavier and, personally, as a lady who doesn't have big muscles, weight is everything. Of course, having said all of that, I'd expect you're wife to want to try before she buys anyway. Hope that helps rather than hinders :t:
Hobbes
, and if money were no object, I'd have the Ziess FL 8x32s. They are the lightest on the market and (if they're anything like the 8x20s) superb optically. The Nikon EDG is a little heavier and, personally, as a lady who doesn't have big muscles, weight is everything. Of course, having said all of that, I'd expect you're wife to want to try before she buys anyway. Hope that helps rather than hinders :t:Hobbes
Speaking as a member of the fairer sex
Hobbes
Told ya.
mooreorless
Well-known member
The Zeiss 8x32FL is quite a bit smaller than the 8x42FL. The picture makes the coatings on the lens look bad.
http://www.birdforum.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=109822&d=1192753452
I notice something of mine to the left MIA
http://www.birdforum.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=109822&d=1192753452
I notice something of mine to the left MIA
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