smallblueplanet
Well-known member
Hi everyone
thanks to all who have answered my questions before......well, here's another obvious one - how do you test bins?
After reading all the threads (and totally ignoring the "try before you buy" ones, cos nowhere had these bins) I decided to buy a pair of Pentax 8x32 DCF SP. Arrived today after a long wait, so........they seem nice enough, but how do I test/compare them with my old bins/other bins???
My old bins are a pair of 2nd-hand Tokina 8x30, fov 143m @ 1000m, multi-coated bak4 prisms, water resistant, lightweight (670g) - cost me £65 about 8/9 years ago.
Well the Tokina are pretty good bins and they have a good depth of field; so then I tried the Pentax they seem a bit brighter, a different shape to hold, but less depth of field, in all nice enough - but are they worth c.£275. Yes I know that its subjective, but how do I test them "properly" to help me decide whether to keep them?? [Or send 'em back and splash out more (or less for the Nikon Sporters!)]
I guess I expected a much bigger difference........help pleeze.
thanks to all who have answered my questions before......well, here's another obvious one - how do you test bins?
After reading all the threads (and totally ignoring the "try before you buy" ones, cos nowhere had these bins) I decided to buy a pair of Pentax 8x32 DCF SP. Arrived today after a long wait, so........they seem nice enough, but how do I test/compare them with my old bins/other bins???
My old bins are a pair of 2nd-hand Tokina 8x30, fov 143m @ 1000m, multi-coated bak4 prisms, water resistant, lightweight (670g) - cost me £65 about 8/9 years ago.
Well the Tokina are pretty good bins and they have a good depth of field; so then I tried the Pentax they seem a bit brighter, a different shape to hold, but less depth of field, in all nice enough - but are they worth c.£275. Yes I know that its subjective, but how do I test them "properly" to help me decide whether to keep them?? [Or send 'em back and splash out more (or less for the Nikon Sporters!)]
I guess I expected a much bigger difference........help pleeze.