I just received one of these I bought on auction and it is very good but seems to be a model only made for Golf Tournaments in this case the Women's British Open.
It cost me buttons (less than the Sunagor 7x18 I recently returned) so a really good deal and it is new with a little leather case.
Very similar to my RSPB 8x20 HD. Seems a bit easier to eye position than the HD but the HD seems to just edge it on sharpness and/or resolution but I think that is something to do with the blue bias of the HD adding to the contrast. Definitely deeper shade antireflection coating on the HD. The Pentax though seems to have a flatter view right across i.e. a sharper cut off junction at the edge but the HD is only very slightly soft right at the edge. Both seem to have the same fov of 119m although this is not stated on the Pentax box but all the phase coating, ED objectives, fully multi coating, waterproof etc is.
I really like this little Pentax ED so I'm surprised they don't seem to have this model in their range. Very nice flat sharp edged view and neutral colour with good contrast and excellent clarity. Tight hinges, perfect collimation, focus a bit stiff at the moment but it should work in nicely and no slack problems. Feels lighter than the RSPB HD too.
I love my Papilio but this is definitely a better standard view with these due to the larger AFOV.
I will take them out this evening to try them for evening glare but they are well ridge baffled -same as the HD- so should perform very well.
Excellent. Very likeable. Thank goodness for womens golf 3
Oh almost forgot, the con. Seemingly virtually no resale value so if you see pair, pick up a bargain. I had been prepared to pay about 3 times more and they would still have been a bargain but in the end didn't have to but ultimately I'm lucky that they turn out to be good, well, very good.
I imagine if Pentax did offer this model they would be in around the £160-£200+ area. Definitely around the same optics standard as the other 8x20 birding versions such the RSPB HD. Pretty much seems like they have a similar origin.
It cost me buttons (less than the Sunagor 7x18 I recently returned) so a really good deal and it is new with a little leather case.
Very similar to my RSPB 8x20 HD. Seems a bit easier to eye position than the HD but the HD seems to just edge it on sharpness and/or resolution but I think that is something to do with the blue bias of the HD adding to the contrast. Definitely deeper shade antireflection coating on the HD. The Pentax though seems to have a flatter view right across i.e. a sharper cut off junction at the edge but the HD is only very slightly soft right at the edge. Both seem to have the same fov of 119m although this is not stated on the Pentax box but all the phase coating, ED objectives, fully multi coating, waterproof etc is.
I really like this little Pentax ED so I'm surprised they don't seem to have this model in their range. Very nice flat sharp edged view and neutral colour with good contrast and excellent clarity. Tight hinges, perfect collimation, focus a bit stiff at the moment but it should work in nicely and no slack problems. Feels lighter than the RSPB HD too.
I love my Papilio but this is definitely a better standard view with these due to the larger AFOV.
I will take them out this evening to try them for evening glare but they are well ridge baffled -same as the HD- so should perform very well.
Excellent. Very likeable. Thank goodness for womens golf 3
Oh almost forgot, the con. Seemingly virtually no resale value so if you see pair, pick up a bargain. I had been prepared to pay about 3 times more and they would still have been a bargain but in the end didn't have to but ultimately I'm lucky that they turn out to be good, well, very good.
I imagine if Pentax did offer this model they would be in around the £160-£200+ area. Definitely around the same optics standard as the other 8x20 birding versions such the RSPB HD. Pretty much seems like they have a similar origin.
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