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I have just started birdwatching and am looking for a pair of binoculars around the £100 mark, does anyone have any suggestions of models or a website I can view.
I have just started birdwatching and am looking for a pair of binoculars around the £100 mark, does anyone have any suggestions of models or a website I can view.
Here is a link to a site I have found quite useful in selecting optics. The particular page I am linking to lists binocular choices for every price range (and I think it's currently one of the better such listings out there because it is based on fairly recent information), but you can also find more articles on binoculars and scopes by clicking on the "optics" tab on the left. It is an American website, and I am not sure all the brands listed are available in the UK.
I am beginning to think that many of the recommendations in the link I posted previously may not be readily available to you, since several are made by American companies such as vortex optics. Here is another link that provides a similar fairly up to date breakdown by price range with more options that are likely available to you. (Ironically, the author is a Digiscoping hobbyist who also happens to work for vortex optics, but I have found his recommendations to be similar to those made by people unaffiliated with the company.) Scroll down to the bottom of the page to view the recommendations:
P.S.: Here is another listing with breakdown by price (in U.S. dollars again-- I think currently 1 pound approximately equals 2 U.S. dollars), but it is older (from 2005). Scroll down to the bottom for the chart with rankings.
The Oregon looks OK, but is not phase coated. So you may want to compare to say Bushnell Excursion 8x32. There should also be an Opticron one step above Oregon that may be phase coated.
I just came across a UK-based online dealer called microglobe, recommended by another BF member. A lot of their stuff, including the Nikon Actions, is priced very reasonably. BTW, welcome to BF and birding!