I've pretty much gone back to 8x. Especially since I've found a binocular in that size that gives me a wow just about every time I use them and it has a fov of 466 ft. which is wonderful.
However often when looking through them I find myself thinking "man I wish I had this in a 10x. I found in buying a ten and getting pretty good at being steady when viewing, the only thing missing is an adequate fov. That is where I hit the wall. Anything under 400 ft fov seems while not tunnel like always, very inadequate for me. I love following butterflies and bumble bees and those tiny nervous birds. I'm not really capable of doing it very well under 400 ft.
So while I have switched back to 8x I can truly say I miss the close up of the 10x. Dang! Wouldn't it be nice to be like a hawk or a buzzard and have something like a built in bino.
An eagles visual acuity us about 20/5, or 20/4; versus a humans 20/20. That means that what a person with 20/20 could see at 20 ft the eagle sees clearly at 100 ft. They have a 340 degree field of vision compared to 180 for us.
Our technology will eventually address issue and we might have eagle vision or something like it. In the meantime we are stuck with binoculars. Which is still a wonderful thing.
Chris223,
In post #61 there seems to be a slip in
the Kowa's model name or obj. diam.
Black crow,
There are currently in 10x
very good optics with these specs. and FoVs:
10x42 6.9 deg.
Nikon Monarch-HG
10x32 6.9 deg.
Meopta MeoStar
Swarovski EL
Zeiss Victory
10x33 6.8 deg.
Kowa Genesis
10x32 6.7 deg.
Leica Ultravid
Leica Trinovid
Zeiss Conquest.
Indeed but I can't afford that option! I've been birding in Iceland this week with my wife's 8x30s as my 10x42s are back with Swarovski at the moment and I don't think I have missed the extra power, and have definitely enjoyed the more stable view in the wind. I'm going to check out the 8.5s as possibly the best compromise.The correct answer (for every binomaniac) is of course to have both!
Here some interesting information on Eagle Vision. An eagle can see an ant from a 10 story building. An Eagle doesn't need binoculars. They are working on a Laser Surgery that would correct our eyes to 20/10 which would be between an eagle and human eyesight.I've pretty much gone back to 8x. Especially since I've found a binocular in that size that gives me a wow just about every time I use them and it has a fov of 466 ft. which is wonderful.
However often when looking through them I find myself thinking "man I wish I had this in a 10x. I found in buying a ten and getting pretty good at being steady when viewing, the only thing missing is an adequate fov. That is where I hit the wall. Anything under 400 ft fov seems while not tunnel like always, very inadequate for me. I love following butterflies and bumble bees and those tiny nervous birds. I'm not really capable of doing it very well under 400 ft.
So while I have switched back to 8x I can truly say I miss the close up of the 10x. Dang! Wouldn't it be nice to be like a hawk or a buzzard and have something like a built in bino.
An eagles visual acuity us about 20/5, or 20/4; versus a humans 20/20. That means that what a person with 20/20 could see at 20 ft the eagle sees clearly at 100 ft. They have a 340 degree field of vision compared to 180 for us.
Our technology will eventually address issue and we might have eagle vision or something like it. In the meantime we are stuck with binoculars. Which is still a wonderful thing.
Here some interesting information on Eagle Vision. An eagle can see an ant from a 10 story building.
Lee, post 71,
Yes they can, since they watch the ants legs.
Gijs van Ginkel
An eagle can see an ant from a 10 story building.
Yes its made life a lot easier, cheaper, and convenient too Came just right for me, all the big hasselblad cameras and their Ilk where did they end up.
I had two aunts but the're long dead.