Jaeger01
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I purchased these from Eagle Optics with the decision based solely on Stephen Ingraham's review on BetterViewDesired.com, and initial impression is that they are almost as good as he and Leupold claim. Here is the link to Steve's review for those interested:
http://www.betterviewdesired.com/leupold/pinnacles.html
Pros: very competive price, very sharp and bright image along with 2 sets of eye cups. One contured for those who don't wear glasses, prescription or sun. Second for those that do wear one or the other while birding. Very small physical size.
Cons: I do see some chromatic aberration which Steve said was totally absent. I also see some softness at the edges.
The Specifications:
Field of View 267 ft./1000 yds.
Eye Relief 16.5 mm
Close Focus 6.6 ft.
Weight 25.0 oz.
Dimensions (HxW) 5.5 x 4.75 in.
Weatherproofing Waterproof
As Steve claims, they do feel very comfortable in the hands, maybe a mite heavy for one handed use when you get to be an old geezer like myself.
The focus control is very fast and smooth and the close focus is every bit as good as claimed. Are they as bright and sharp as anything on the market except the Zeiss Victory IIs and some new bino's out since his review was written. I've looked through some Swarovski EL's and in my opinion, they are much nicer bino's, but at considerably a higher cost. I only paid Eagle $399 USD for these. They were the least expensive place I could find them and they have a 30 day, no questions asked return policy with your only cost being the shipping.
Considering that I could not locate a pair of these within 60 miles of Chicago to try out, I wanted to be able to return if they were not as I thought they would be. They are truly worth every penny of what I paid or maybe twice as much.
Jaeger near Chicago
http://www.betterviewdesired.com/leupold/pinnacles.html
Pros: very competive price, very sharp and bright image along with 2 sets of eye cups. One contured for those who don't wear glasses, prescription or sun. Second for those that do wear one or the other while birding. Very small physical size.
Cons: I do see some chromatic aberration which Steve said was totally absent. I also see some softness at the edges.
The Specifications:
Field of View 267 ft./1000 yds.
Eye Relief 16.5 mm
Close Focus 6.6 ft.
Weight 25.0 oz.
Dimensions (HxW) 5.5 x 4.75 in.
Weatherproofing Waterproof
As Steve claims, they do feel very comfortable in the hands, maybe a mite heavy for one handed use when you get to be an old geezer like myself.
The focus control is very fast and smooth and the close focus is every bit as good as claimed. Are they as bright and sharp as anything on the market except the Zeiss Victory IIs and some new bino's out since his review was written. I've looked through some Swarovski EL's and in my opinion, they are much nicer bino's, but at considerably a higher cost. I only paid Eagle $399 USD for these. They were the least expensive place I could find them and they have a 30 day, no questions asked return policy with your only cost being the shipping.
Considering that I could not locate a pair of these within 60 miles of Chicago to try out, I wanted to be able to return if they were not as I thought they would be. They are truly worth every penny of what I paid or maybe twice as much.
Jaeger near Chicago
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