I was out yesterday -lovely late autumn sunny day- with my Kowa SV 8x32 and it was brilliant.
Something about how it makes you feel almost like you've just put on a virtual reality headset. The fov and dof and pretty flat sharp to edge view worked wonderfully and the glare resistance is brilliant and no CA at all just a very sharp and clear big view from a pretty light and fairly compact bin. I really do like this binocular as I've said many times. It's actually almost perfect for me and my local terrain. I still can't quite believe it works for me so well but it shows me that it does time and time again. I just felt yesterday that I could easily happily look around with it all day and that's pretty much what I did, cycling or walking along with it always around my neck and stopping every so often for a look around and it really does provide a great very scenic view and pretty great for birding also. I have found that I get the best result while using the eyecups folded right down and then I feel the eyerelief pushing my eyes back ever so slightly but I soon adjust and then just marvel at how good everything looks.
A woman passer by asked to try them while I was checking out some Whooper Swans on a lake and next thing I heard was the Oh Wow exclamation and I have to agree. She used them while wearing her glasses. Didn't need to focus them or adjust the ipd from I handed them to her? but said all was sharp and wonderful. They do have good dof.
So I like this binocular very much and I think I've had it for around 6 months or so now. It can depend on light tone how well colours show up compared to my other bins but in general it's just very good all-round and can be very nice indeed as yesterday.
It makes me wonder therefore if I like this SV so much then what is this XD model like and it would be great to hear from anyone who has compared the two or can comment on either of their experiences.
Has anyone tried the 10x32 SV as I've thought about getting one of those possibly also.
I see the Prominar 8x33 is on sale for just under £500 these days and if I had the money I think I'd be snapping up one of those just based on how good this SV is.
So if anyone can shed any light on this subject it would be good to know.
Meantime I really am quite happy to have this SV 8x32 as my grab and go. My sapphire 8x43 and M7 10x30 normally get left behind but they are both great also and will get their turn but the SV has become my default bring along.
I assume that somehow the XD is better but I do actually wonder if it is and in what way. I'd certainly be interested if it would be a good upgrade to this SV. I imagine Kowa would have this intention so surely the XD must be clearly better or else I have some kind of freak SV which I think may have been a demo model or trade in as I bought it used from Clifton but I think it's just a normal surprisingly good binocular.
Something about how it makes you feel almost like you've just put on a virtual reality headset. The fov and dof and pretty flat sharp to edge view worked wonderfully and the glare resistance is brilliant and no CA at all just a very sharp and clear big view from a pretty light and fairly compact bin. I really do like this binocular as I've said many times. It's actually almost perfect for me and my local terrain. I still can't quite believe it works for me so well but it shows me that it does time and time again. I just felt yesterday that I could easily happily look around with it all day and that's pretty much what I did, cycling or walking along with it always around my neck and stopping every so often for a look around and it really does provide a great very scenic view and pretty great for birding also. I have found that I get the best result while using the eyecups folded right down and then I feel the eyerelief pushing my eyes back ever so slightly but I soon adjust and then just marvel at how good everything looks.
A woman passer by asked to try them while I was checking out some Whooper Swans on a lake and next thing I heard was the Oh Wow exclamation and I have to agree. She used them while wearing her glasses. Didn't need to focus them or adjust the ipd from I handed them to her? but said all was sharp and wonderful. They do have good dof.
So I like this binocular very much and I think I've had it for around 6 months or so now. It can depend on light tone how well colours show up compared to my other bins but in general it's just very good all-round and can be very nice indeed as yesterday.
It makes me wonder therefore if I like this SV so much then what is this XD model like and it would be great to hear from anyone who has compared the two or can comment on either of their experiences.
Has anyone tried the 10x32 SV as I've thought about getting one of those possibly also.
I see the Prominar 8x33 is on sale for just under £500 these days and if I had the money I think I'd be snapping up one of those just based on how good this SV is.
So if anyone can shed any light on this subject it would be good to know.
Meantime I really am quite happy to have this SV 8x32 as my grab and go. My sapphire 8x43 and M7 10x30 normally get left behind but they are both great also and will get their turn but the SV has become my default bring along.
I assume that somehow the XD is better but I do actually wonder if it is and in what way. I'd certainly be interested if it would be a good upgrade to this SV. I imagine Kowa would have this intention so surely the XD must be clearly better or else I have some kind of freak SV which I think may have been a demo model or trade in as I bought it used from Clifton but I think it's just a normal surprisingly good binocular.
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