Gray C
Grumpy old bugger
Hi
New to this forum and to birdwatching, so any help would be appreciated. I have two pairs of old, but excellent condition binoculars, which I am giving to my wife and daughter. The first pair are Carl Zeiss Zena 8x30 and were made in DDR in 1960's. The other pair are Swift Grand Prix 8x40. Both pairs have served me well over many years and I have had no complaints as to their quality. To save swapping around all the time I am looking to purchase a good quality monocular for my own use (binoculars no real use to me now as I am now blind in one eye). I have narrowed it down to the new Opticron DBA Oasis 8x42 with the 2.5x convertor (giving 20x42) as a compromise for a scope (not available until May 2005).
I also require the monocular for general all round use for holidays in Canada Spain etc, hence not wanting just a scope.
This seems to be the best option available to me as the choice in monoculars is somewhat limited. I assume that it will be similar in performance to the binocular version of the DBA Oasis as mentioned on this forum.
Can any of you experts offer me any further advice, or any alternatives which I might wish to consider, or does this seem to be my best bet.
New to this forum and to birdwatching, so any help would be appreciated. I have two pairs of old, but excellent condition binoculars, which I am giving to my wife and daughter. The first pair are Carl Zeiss Zena 8x30 and were made in DDR in 1960's. The other pair are Swift Grand Prix 8x40. Both pairs have served me well over many years and I have had no complaints as to their quality. To save swapping around all the time I am looking to purchase a good quality monocular for my own use (binoculars no real use to me now as I am now blind in one eye). I have narrowed it down to the new Opticron DBA Oasis 8x42 with the 2.5x convertor (giving 20x42) as a compromise for a scope (not available until May 2005).
I also require the monocular for general all round use for holidays in Canada Spain etc, hence not wanting just a scope.
This seems to be the best option available to me as the choice in monoculars is somewhat limited. I assume that it will be similar in performance to the binocular version of the DBA Oasis as mentioned on this forum.
Can any of you experts offer me any further advice, or any alternatives which I might wish to consider, or does this seem to be my best bet.
