Tero
Retired
I have pretty much what I need for routine birding, but I always shop a bit.
My local sports store had some Zeiss lower end models. Very nice, bright roof prisms. They were even on sale, but none were really set up with eye glasses. They had the rubber cups.
There were Nikon Monarchs and a few other roof prisms of that sort. I was sort of surprised the store quit carrying the Sporters. Is Nikon phasing them out? I had planned to get them in 8x36 as well, and they are available on line.
I looked at some 10x50s. I did not like the Nikon Actions, though the Action EXs would have been OK. Most 10x50 porros they had focused only to some 8-10m. I have a 8x pair of Action EXs, I like those for the wide field, and they are fairly bright.
Bushnell 10x pairs were some odd roof prism models, 10x40 and 10x27. The smaller one was almost as good as the bigger.
This was all inside the store, I was looking at shoes on a wall 100m away!
In the last week, saw the Swift Audubon porros, 8.5x44. They were beautiful, and the new model has nice eye cups. I was quite interested in them, but now I am thinking the porros are not all that rugged.
I came home mostly cured, I realize I have two fairly useable pairs, and a cheap 10x50 I sometimes use, which is much better than the lowest price Bushnell.
Your Binocular Experience this week?
My local sports store had some Zeiss lower end models. Very nice, bright roof prisms. They were even on sale, but none were really set up with eye glasses. They had the rubber cups.
There were Nikon Monarchs and a few other roof prisms of that sort. I was sort of surprised the store quit carrying the Sporters. Is Nikon phasing them out? I had planned to get them in 8x36 as well, and they are available on line.
I looked at some 10x50s. I did not like the Nikon Actions, though the Action EXs would have been OK. Most 10x50 porros they had focused only to some 8-10m. I have a 8x pair of Action EXs, I like those for the wide field, and they are fairly bright.
Bushnell 10x pairs were some odd roof prism models, 10x40 and 10x27. The smaller one was almost as good as the bigger.
This was all inside the store, I was looking at shoes on a wall 100m away!
In the last week, saw the Swift Audubon porros, 8.5x44. They were beautiful, and the new model has nice eye cups. I was quite interested in them, but now I am thinking the porros are not all that rugged.
I came home mostly cured, I realize I have two fairly useable pairs, and a cheap 10x50 I sometimes use, which is much better than the lowest price Bushnell.
Your Binocular Experience this week?
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