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Shortlist 8x Bins & where to try in UK (1 Viewer)

Taxboy

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I think I've managed to get my shortlist of what new bins to get down to :

Nikon 8 x32/42 HGL (or HG at the right price !)
Pentax 8 x32 ED
Opticron DBA Oasis 8 x 42
Zeiss Conquest

Anything else I should consider in this upper mid price range & does any one UK retailer stock all these so I can try them side by side please

TIA
Andrew
 
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In the "under $1000 US" range my four favorite full sized 8x bins are:

Zeiss Conquest ABK 8x40
Meopta Meostar 8x42
Vortex Razor 8x42
Promaster Infiniti Elite ELX ED 8x42

Two that I haven't tried but I believe would well in comparison to this group would be:

Pentax DCF ED 8x43
Minox HG 8.5x43

Both of the latter have narrower fields of view compared to the previous models but should be similar quality from other optical standpoints.
 
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