BrightIdea
Well-known member
There's something I just dont get.
Low power binoculars seem to have many benefits over their 8x and 10x cousins:
• less hand shake
• potentially greater FOV (Most Else Being Equal)
• better depth of field (again, MEBE)
• larger exit pupil resulting in less critical eye placement
• larger exit pupil for those who can make use of it
• may be even easier to make "good" compared to higher mags
On top of this, who hasnt heard or complained themselves that small compact binos are a huge tradeoff. There are tons of threads about it here and elswhere regarding how lousy most compacts are, relatively speaking, yet a bino in the hand beats none in the bush so we either suffer them or dont bother.
Google "compact binocular" and you come up with thousands of 8, 9, and 10x binocs in the x20, 24, 25, and x28 range.
To me, its maddening.
Where are all of the compact 6x binocs? 6.5?
Heck, while I am at it, where are all of the 5x20 compacts? 6x24's?
Before you jump in an remind me of the exceptionally popular mid-sized viper 6x32, yosemite 6x32, and larger Zed 7x36... Think about why they are popular- great glass at their respective price points coupled with the benefit of lower mag. Why not take this concept down to the next size-category?
With so many bino's on the market now, and China seemingly cranking them out [insert pithy metaphore here], you'd think someone would meet what I think is a market demand.
Why is it a rarity to find a really small 6 or 6.5x, let alone a 5 or 5.5x ?
Low power binoculars seem to have many benefits over their 8x and 10x cousins:
• less hand shake
• potentially greater FOV (Most Else Being Equal)
• better depth of field (again, MEBE)
• larger exit pupil resulting in less critical eye placement
• larger exit pupil for those who can make use of it
• may be even easier to make "good" compared to higher mags
On top of this, who hasnt heard or complained themselves that small compact binos are a huge tradeoff. There are tons of threads about it here and elswhere regarding how lousy most compacts are, relatively speaking, yet a bino in the hand beats none in the bush so we either suffer them or dont bother.
Google "compact binocular" and you come up with thousands of 8, 9, and 10x binocs in the x20, 24, 25, and x28 range.
To me, its maddening.
Where are all of the compact 6x binocs? 6.5?
Heck, while I am at it, where are all of the 5x20 compacts? 6x24's?
Before you jump in an remind me of the exceptionally popular mid-sized viper 6x32, yosemite 6x32, and larger Zed 7x36... Think about why they are popular- great glass at their respective price points coupled with the benefit of lower mag. Why not take this concept down to the next size-category?
With so many bino's on the market now, and China seemingly cranking them out [insert pithy metaphore here], you'd think someone would meet what I think is a market demand.
Why is it a rarity to find a really small 6 or 6.5x, let alone a 5 or 5.5x ?