lvn600 said:With all of the features offered with today's binoculars name a feature that in your opinion is overrated and why?
RogerO'T said:Field of view; birding binoculars are for looking at details.
I had a binocular with them and I could not understand why the casing was thickened to have depressions, which I did not use. Maybe it is just a marketing ploy to differentiate a product.lvn600 said:Never would have thought of that one.
One of the most over rated in my opinion would be water proofness
Bill Atwood said:So far I'll go with the thumb depressions/ridges. I really hate the Ultravid ridges.
I consider waterproofness to be one of the more important attributes.
RobConnel said:Close focus. 10 feet is just as useful as 5 feet.
Curtis Croulet said:That Leica considers 10 ft to be "close" is laughable.
Kevin said:How about price tags of over £200 !!
I tried a pair of Opticons for £160 and a £1000 pair of Swarovski - call me blind, or just plain dumb, but I couldn't see any significant difference. Something to do with the law of diminishing returns?
How does having superb optics at this price level make sense, surely most of us can't hold the binoculars sufficiantly steady to see the benefit?
I bought the Opticon
Bring forth the wrath - I hear it coming already
Kevin
postcardcv said:One of the things that amazes me about my Leica's is that in failing light I get a brighter image looking through them then I get with just my eyes - they are stunning.