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Giant Binoculars (1 Viewer)
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John Russell
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There are some excellent instruments with 80mm objectives from Docter, Kowa and Miyauchi but they are heavy and expensive and all have the disadvantage (for birding) of individual focussing.
Before settling on a scope I considered the option of 15x60 binoculars but decided that 15x magnification was not quite enough. There is a 20x60 binocular from Pentax, which is inexpensive and allegedly optically very good, albeit with a rather narrow field of view.
Apart from this I know of no others with central focussing.
John
Before settling on a scope I considered the option of 15x60 binoculars but decided that 15x magnification was not quite enough. There is a 20x60 binocular from Pentax, which is inexpensive and allegedly optically very good, albeit with a rather narrow field of view.
Apart from this I know of no others with central focussing.
John
mgsphilip said:
Some guesses from me:
- A spotting scope is lighter than giant binoculars. They have to be carried around quite a lot.
- Binoculars of the same optical quality would cost much more.
- Following flying birds (or just panning around) is easier and quicker with a spotting scope than with a giant binocular. (The binocular would be mounted on a tripod. Keeping both your eyes to the eyepieces sort of restricts your head movement. With a spotting scope you can move more freely and still have one eye on the eyepiece.)
Dave B Smith
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Here's a link to an older thread on this same subject:
Giant Binoculars
I have seen folks at both Raptor Watches and Sea Watches using the large bins with success. In most cases they have been tripod mounted.
Giant Binoculars
I have seen folks at both Raptor Watches and Sea Watches using the large bins with success. In most cases they have been tripod mounted.
solentbirder
Well-known member
Impressive !
Is that a custom-built mounting cradle ?
Is that a custom-built mounting cradle ?
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