Quick question about close focus views:-
I was at the Bath Camera and Optics event last Saturday and after buying a new lens (or two) felt a bit guilty and decided to treat the wife to some new bins, she has been using my cast off Nikon 8x32HG's and they are a bit on the heavy side plus getting a bit long in the tooth now. Tried a few pairs here and there and while chatting with the very nice lady at the Hawke stand, mentioned that one of the uses would be looking at butterflies and therefore close focus was important. She then steered me away from the more expensive Frontier ED-X models that I had tried elsewhere and liked a lot, in favour of the Endurance ED 8x32. She claimed that they had a close focus of about 1 metre! Surely not, the literature on Hawke's own website states 2.0m or 6.6ft. but actually yes, they do focus to approx 1.0m. However at that distance they do not form one circle but two overlapping circles although the subject is still singular and sharp.
What I want to know is, is this normal? The 2 circles bit I mean. Must admit it was a bit disconcerting at first, as soon as the subject distance increased beyond about 5ft the 2 circles merged and became one.
Any info/thoughts/views appreciated.
Nick
PS bought them anyway as the wife liked them and they came with a free trailcam for me to play with, win win situation.||
I was at the Bath Camera and Optics event last Saturday and after buying a new lens (or two) felt a bit guilty and decided to treat the wife to some new bins, she has been using my cast off Nikon 8x32HG's and they are a bit on the heavy side plus getting a bit long in the tooth now. Tried a few pairs here and there and while chatting with the very nice lady at the Hawke stand, mentioned that one of the uses would be looking at butterflies and therefore close focus was important. She then steered me away from the more expensive Frontier ED-X models that I had tried elsewhere and liked a lot, in favour of the Endurance ED 8x32. She claimed that they had a close focus of about 1 metre! Surely not, the literature on Hawke's own website states 2.0m or 6.6ft. but actually yes, they do focus to approx 1.0m. However at that distance they do not form one circle but two overlapping circles although the subject is still singular and sharp.
What I want to know is, is this normal? The 2 circles bit I mean. Must admit it was a bit disconcerting at first, as soon as the subject distance increased beyond about 5ft the 2 circles merged and became one.
Any info/thoughts/views appreciated.
Nick
PS bought them anyway as the wife liked them and they came with a free trailcam for me to play with, win win situation.||