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10x50 cf porro (1 Viewer)

gwsudiro

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Indonesia
hello..^_^

what is the best 10x50 center focus porro right now?

for your kind help, many thanks before...^_^

best regards

Galih
 
IMHO the Nikon 10x42SE or a secondhand Swift Audubon (Kestrel) Model 826 (the bigger brother of the Swift Audubon 8.5x44) which was last manufactured in about 2002. The Swift has a wider field of view (seven degrees versus six for the Nikon) but the Nikon has considerably better image quality towards the edge of the field of view (better than any other CF Porro I can think of). Here is a link to Holger Merlitz's comparative review of the Swift: http://www.holgermerlitz.de/kestrel10x50.html.
 
I've never looked through the Docter Nobilem 10x50. It has an excellent reputation (e.g., look at Holger Merlitz's comparative review of it) but at about 1.3kg it would make for a very heavy birding glass. For astronomical use this would be much less of a problem (not at all a problem if used with a mount). For comparison the Nikon 10x42SE weighs just over 700g and the Swift Model 826 weighs about 900g.

I wish you clear skies and lots of birds with whatever you pick!

- ricky
 
I've never looked through the Docter Nobilem 10x50. It has an excellent reputation (e.g., look at Holger Merlitz's comparative review of it) but at about 1.3kg it would make for a very heavy birding glass.

I agree. Good optics, but far too big and heavy for birding. The only good porros with centre focussing still in production are as far as I know the Nikon 10x42 SE and the Swarovski Habicht 10x40. Optically the Nikon has the edge, but the Habicht is built like a tank. It's also waterproof, a rare quality in porros with centre focussing.

Hermann
 
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