Friend of mine is soon to become captain of a boat and is thinking about buying himself a good pair of binoculars, and he asked me about it and I thought that the encyclopaedic knowledge of the forum might be of more help to him.
1. The boat has a couple of pairs of Steiner marines on board, but he wants something to own himself.
2. He is not sure if he needs a pair of "marine" binoculars or not. I think he likes idea of higher magnification than 7x. I have told him that "marine" ones would normally be 7x50 or thereabouts, but he seems pretty happy to consider 8x42 and also is pretty taken with the small size of my 8x32 Mojaves...
3. Budget is lets say upper limit $1000, but he is mainly interested in finding where the sweet spot is for price/performance. As he says "I just want them to be the bomb".
So - I am sorry it is extremely vague, but what is the best sub $1000 binocular out there, and is he unwise to be looking past a pair of standard "marine" binos?
Thanks in advance!!
Robert
1. The boat has a couple of pairs of Steiner marines on board, but he wants something to own himself.
2. He is not sure if he needs a pair of "marine" binoculars or not. I think he likes idea of higher magnification than 7x. I have told him that "marine" ones would normally be 7x50 or thereabouts, but he seems pretty happy to consider 8x42 and also is pretty taken with the small size of my 8x32 Mojaves...
3. Budget is lets say upper limit $1000, but he is mainly interested in finding where the sweet spot is for price/performance. As he says "I just want them to be the bomb".
So - I am sorry it is extremely vague, but what is the best sub $1000 binocular out there, and is he unwise to be looking past a pair of standard "marine" binos?
Thanks in advance!!
Robert