rollingthunder
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I cannot comment on the brand as i have no experience of that model.
What i do have is about 8 sets of binoculars 7x thru 10x and 25-50mm.
I use all of them a some stage during the birding year.
I use Opticron 8x42 generally as they are wide-angle but also take, again Opticron WA 10x42 when on trips 2/3 times a year abroad.
I still use Zeiss West 8x32 to carry when shopping etc or socialising when not actively birding as they are very convenient sizewise.
I even have a pair of 10x25 which all things considered are pretty good with hardly any colour-ringing and would clinch an ID if push came to shove:eek!:
But to get back to the point.
I find myself going back to the pair i bought in 1980 to go on my first Autumn trip to the Isles of Scilly - they cost me a fortune with money borrowed from a younger birding brother (so he understood the need to go into debt).
They cost a whopping 400 quid and are my prized Ziess West Dialyt 7x42 Bgat.
Compared to current optics they are heavy and not Nitrogen-filled but their light-gathering ability and pin-sharp image means they are the go to pair for crepuscular or low-light habitat. This means they are excellent at everything else! and the 7x means it easily exceeds the 5:1 ratio. I detect no difference with 1x magnification:t:
2 years ago they went back to Wetzlar via a contact at a Zeiss subsiduary and were flown by DHL back for a full service and 6 weeks later came back with new seals, folding lens rubber things for spectacle wearers, new rain cover and new style lanyard for better neck relief - all FOC due to the lifetime guarantee denoted by the serial number.
Good birding -
Laurie -
What i do have is about 8 sets of binoculars 7x thru 10x and 25-50mm.
I use all of them a some stage during the birding year.
I use Opticron 8x42 generally as they are wide-angle but also take, again Opticron WA 10x42 when on trips 2/3 times a year abroad.
I still use Zeiss West 8x32 to carry when shopping etc or socialising when not actively birding as they are very convenient sizewise.
I even have a pair of 10x25 which all things considered are pretty good with hardly any colour-ringing and would clinch an ID if push came to shove:eek!:
But to get back to the point.
I find myself going back to the pair i bought in 1980 to go on my first Autumn trip to the Isles of Scilly - they cost me a fortune with money borrowed from a younger birding brother (so he understood the need to go into debt).
They cost a whopping 400 quid and are my prized Ziess West Dialyt 7x42 Bgat.
Compared to current optics they are heavy and not Nitrogen-filled but their light-gathering ability and pin-sharp image means they are the go to pair for crepuscular or low-light habitat. This means they are excellent at everything else! and the 7x means it easily exceeds the 5:1 ratio. I detect no difference with 1x magnification:t:
2 years ago they went back to Wetzlar via a contact at a Zeiss subsiduary and were flown by DHL back for a full service and 6 weeks later came back with new seals, folding lens rubber things for spectacle wearers, new rain cover and new style lanyard for better neck relief - all FOC due to the lifetime guarantee denoted by the serial number.
Good birding -
Laurie -
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