Not what you think is the best just which ones brand and size do you actually grab when you go birding.
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Frank. Which brand?Typically an 8x30/8x32 or even the 6x30 these days.
Those are some nice choices you have. I can understand your caution with the alphas. Is it the bigger FOV you like on the SF?I usually grab the 8x42 SF, because it's got the best view. I'll grab the 8x32 SV if weight is an issue. If I'm going on rougher trips, where I don't want to risk the alphas, I'd go with the 8x42 M7.
This is very useful information. It gives everybody a lot of different binoculars to try. Some of these are not as well known but probably very good binoculars.Three seems like such a small number ;-)
At this moment, birding, early Spring, 3 most often grabbed:
---The Yard: Meopta Meopro 6.5x32
---The woods, walking: Tower Featherweight, 7x35 (swapped in for Customs, much lighter, flatter field)
---Lakes, fields, beach: Nikon Aculon, 10x42
The parts will shift when things warm up and the leaves fill in.
Woods will probably go to the Tasco 320 (460ft),
Lakes/fields to the Orca 10x50 (has UV/Haze layer up front)..
Backyard still the Meo, but 6x30 Vega Minervas for bad fog or haze.
Not what you think is the best just which ones brand and size do you actually grab when you go birding.
Those are some nice choices you have. I can understand your caution with the alphas. Is it the bigger FOV you like on the SF?