iveljay
Well-known member
Zeiss 8x32 FL probably followed by some Oly 8x25 PCIs (not DPCI) purchased 11 years ago, closely followed by a mixture of EIIs, Habichts, 7x42 FL assorted Minox and Olympi depending on need.
The 8x25 PCIs turned out to be a star buy, being the most useable pocket bins I ever owned (sharpness and handling), despite competing against some costing many times more.
After over 60 years of owning and borrowing bins and being dissapointed by many, remembering to be polite about someones latest 'pet'; that you actually hated, and being pleasantly surprised by others, I have a set that works for me. I have an annual cull of those least used and the bulk are still mid to low in retail cost terms.
Finally, they were not all bought for bird watching anyway, the pair bought when my daughter decided to leap out of aircraft at high altitude have now gone, about the same time as her boyfriend plummeted a long way before his reserve safely opened......
The 8x25 PCIs turned out to be a star buy, being the most useable pocket bins I ever owned (sharpness and handling), despite competing against some costing many times more.
After over 60 years of owning and borrowing bins and being dissapointed by many, remembering to be polite about someones latest 'pet'; that you actually hated, and being pleasantly surprised by others, I have a set that works for me. I have an annual cull of those least used and the bulk are still mid to low in retail cost terms.
Finally, they were not all bought for bird watching anyway, the pair bought when my daughter decided to leap out of aircraft at high altitude have now gone, about the same time as her boyfriend plummeted a long way before his reserve safely opened......