Chris Oates
Why does a Black-headed Gull have a brown head...
As a latecomer to birdwatching I've never owned decent bins but always carried a pair of Chinon 8x25 reverse poro's, I also had a pair of Nikon 10x50 zooms but they were heavy/bulky and had tunnel vision.
With great trepidation I ordered the Audubon 828 8.5x44 from WE - my IPD is tiny and I wear glasses and I've never used roofs before.
REVELATION !!!
So small, so bright, just enough IPD adjustment and I can use them perfectly with my glasses.
The image circle is large with a wide field of view and great depth of field - in dreadful light I was able to scan huge areas of sea at St Ives without refocusing - an absolute joy.
The thumb grooves are a bit wasted on me as the bodies are squeezed together but there's just enough room to get the tips in there.
Slight pincusion of horizons but of no consequence.
Nice locked dioptre adjustment.
Eye cups seem firm & stay up.
Balance nice, easy to hold, not as light as I'd imagined .
The overwhelming plus is how well they work with my glasses - I think the view is even better - my birding experience is very much enhanced by these bins - just need to work at identifying something
With great trepidation I ordered the Audubon 828 8.5x44 from WE - my IPD is tiny and I wear glasses and I've never used roofs before.
REVELATION !!!
So small, so bright, just enough IPD adjustment and I can use them perfectly with my glasses.
The image circle is large with a wide field of view and great depth of field - in dreadful light I was able to scan huge areas of sea at St Ives without refocusing - an absolute joy.
The thumb grooves are a bit wasted on me as the bodies are squeezed together but there's just enough room to get the tips in there.
Slight pincusion of horizons but of no consequence.
Nice locked dioptre adjustment.
Eye cups seem firm & stay up.
Balance nice, easy to hold, not as light as I'd imagined .
The overwhelming plus is how well they work with my glasses - I think the view is even better - my birding experience is very much enhanced by these bins - just need to work at identifying something