black crow
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Before I go to whatever effort it takes to find a good pair I'd like to clarify a few things first. I've heard comments from (to paraphrase) "quit going on about your EIIs and get a pair of SEs and then you'll know what good optics are " to " well they're not that much different from your EIIs" (this from an man who wrote a book on optics.)
So you can see there are differing opinions here. I believe that the SE is good but my question is, how good?
For comparison I currently own Swarovski 8x32 EL, Leica Ultravid 10x32, Kowa Genesis 8x33, Nikon EII 8x30 and 10x35.
I just spent this beautiful afternoon out with the 8x30 EII and I've concluded that they are just as good if not better overall than any of my little group of bins and the only reason I spent gobs of cash for the expensive roofs is because it's not all sunny dry bright days where I live and I don't want to worry about keeping a binocular dry during our long rainy winters. Well that and I really really like using different optics But if it was all dry and sunny I could have saved my money and be using the EIIs exclusively and been beautifully happy.
Now I really like the porros for their 3D close up views. I think it's the most pleasing view in all of binoculardom, so if there is something that is a solid step better out there I'd like to own one. However after viewing all my current binoculars and seeing how close they all are optically I'm not convinced that a seriously better binocular is out there.
So can anyone tell me why I'd greatly benefit from finding and buying the Nikon SE, or am I chasing a fantasy?
So you can see there are differing opinions here. I believe that the SE is good but my question is, how good?
For comparison I currently own Swarovski 8x32 EL, Leica Ultravid 10x32, Kowa Genesis 8x33, Nikon EII 8x30 and 10x35.
I just spent this beautiful afternoon out with the 8x30 EII and I've concluded that they are just as good if not better overall than any of my little group of bins and the only reason I spent gobs of cash for the expensive roofs is because it's not all sunny dry bright days where I live and I don't want to worry about keeping a binocular dry during our long rainy winters. Well that and I really really like using different optics But if it was all dry and sunny I could have saved my money and be using the EIIs exclusively and been beautifully happy.
Now I really like the porros for their 3D close up views. I think it's the most pleasing view in all of binoculardom, so if there is something that is a solid step better out there I'd like to own one. However after viewing all my current binoculars and seeing how close they all are optically I'm not convinced that a seriously better binocular is out there.
So can anyone tell me why I'd greatly benefit from finding and buying the Nikon SE, or am I chasing a fantasy?
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