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  1. yarrellii

    Canon vs Kite stabilized binoculars

    I'm afraid I can't help you with this. I don't wear glasses, so eye relief it's not the first thing I check (or I experience as crucial). In this case, I guess I had limited time with the binoculars, so honestly I didn't think about it :( However, I tend to be annoyed by binoculars prone to...
  2. yarrellii

    Canon vs Kite stabilized binoculars

    Well, it was just a very short first contact and some considerations and, well, the FOV is a fact. But then, there are reports here on BF of users living with the 12x42. In my case, having tried both I think I would trade FOV for brightness. As for the ease of use of 12x42 over 12x30, well that...
  3. yarrellii

    Canon vs Kite stabilized binoculars

    @[email protected] Very intersting, I don't know if Sig has any importer over here in Europe. However, if you look at the stats of the Zulu series there is something that instantly catches your eye in the FOV department: 12x42: 3,8º 16x42: 3,8º ... just like the Kite. It seems logical to think...
  4. yarrellii

    Canon vs Kite stabilized binoculars

    As I've written in another thread about the repair of my Canon IS III 12x36, I’ve briefly tried some Kite APC stabilized binoculars at De Kijkerspecialist in the Netherlands. The test was just a few minutes looking from a window, reading a resolution test (a series of text in diminishing sizes)...
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