Hello all,
The Buddha says that one can't acheive happiness until one can break the cycle of attainment and disatisfaction :clap: ...I've still got the bug, I'm afraid. Oh well.
In October, I bought a pair of 8x32 trinovid bns, which are fantastically small and great optically and I'm perfectly happy with them (so I am partially enlightened, I suppose). However...I'm still atracted to the potentials of a 10x bin, especially out here in the West where many birds can be a bit distant.
I'm a get-the-best-optical-bang-for-the-buck kind of guy, so am looking around for a pair of 10x porros (I was happy with my swift audubons for years except that they were not waterproof). I'd love to spring for a pair of zeiss FLs but don't have the gick and I was also turned off by the soft edges. The only constraint beside price is eye relief. My leicas have exactly the right amount of e.r. at about 14mm. Since I've got the trinovids, these don't need to be waterproof.
The nikon se's seem to get reviews that are a bit less stellar than the 8x32's--how do the 8's and 10x's compare? More importantly, I'm specifically curious about how the se and e2 compare in the 10x--are the se's worth 2x's the price? (the e2's seem like a real steal...).
Also, are there other 'sleeper' bins out there that I should keep an eye out for?
Thanks!
Chris C.
The Buddha says that one can't acheive happiness until one can break the cycle of attainment and disatisfaction :clap: ...I've still got the bug, I'm afraid. Oh well.
In October, I bought a pair of 8x32 trinovid bns, which are fantastically small and great optically and I'm perfectly happy with them (so I am partially enlightened, I suppose). However...I'm still atracted to the potentials of a 10x bin, especially out here in the West where many birds can be a bit distant.
I'm a get-the-best-optical-bang-for-the-buck kind of guy, so am looking around for a pair of 10x porros (I was happy with my swift audubons for years except that they were not waterproof). I'd love to spring for a pair of zeiss FLs but don't have the gick and I was also turned off by the soft edges. The only constraint beside price is eye relief. My leicas have exactly the right amount of e.r. at about 14mm. Since I've got the trinovids, these don't need to be waterproof.
The nikon se's seem to get reviews that are a bit less stellar than the 8x32's--how do the 8's and 10x's compare? More importantly, I'm specifically curious about how the se and e2 compare in the 10x--are the se's worth 2x's the price? (the e2's seem like a real steal...).
Also, are there other 'sleeper' bins out there that I should keep an eye out for?
Thanks!
Chris C.