Hello Looksharp,
Of course, the MeoPro is not an Alpha. It meets almost all my needs and I can pay five times as much for silky focussing; squeezing out the little bit of chromatic aberration and getting a somewhat more compact binocular like the Zeiss FL. However, I do not think that I would get a view quite so easy.
Happy bird watching,
Arthur :scribe:
Well. There was a recent thread where I argued against the "alpha" concept (no intention to resurrect it at the moment).
I'm paying five times as much for the EDG 7x42 that's on its way to me right now. It has an even better focuser than the Meopro/Fury, and those have a better focuser than the FL I recently sold. They also have a more neutral colour rendition.
The 10x32 FL's resolution is substantially better thanks to the 10x vs. 6.5x, and also incomparably better when boosted. But for the intended use, the 6.5x is better (sharper! :eek!
thanks to decreased shake. It is also sharper than the FL when considering how much longer within a certain time frame it is sharp, thanks to the much better depth of field.
So which binocular is an alpha? Really? :h?:
The EDG 7x42 unites some of the best properties of the Fury/Meopro and the FL. The supernaturally natural view, the even bigger exit pupil, its superior resolution to the edge of the FOV are what I get in addition.
To me, that's really worth a lot regardless of the price.
But nobody with intact sanity would say the EDG is five times as good as the Meopro. Maybe 20% better, and that is still a substantial improvement when the Meopros are so useful for almost any birder, and it has very few flaws of which none is really cumbersome.
My conclusion is that the Meopro, just like the Fury was, is a real bargain.
A real bargain! B
//L