Hi All
I'd be really interested in people's advice. Is there ever a case for birding with a 12-power binoculars (or even a 15)?
I was doing some forest birding in Ghana recently, which involved looking into the canopy of lots of tall trees. Tropical trees are much taller than puny European trees and my 8-power bins were really struggling to pick out detail on small birds way up in the canopy. A scope wasn't much help either. The birds generally moved too fast, so I am considering getting some more powerful bins for such situations, but birders never seem to go beyond 10-power. Why? What goes wrong? Is it a weight thing or is your field of vision so reduced so that you can never find the bird?
Is the answer to the problem of taller trees really more power or would a better quality pair of 8-power bins be more effective?
Words of wisdom greatly appreciated.
Machector
I'd be really interested in people's advice. Is there ever a case for birding with a 12-power binoculars (or even a 15)?
I was doing some forest birding in Ghana recently, which involved looking into the canopy of lots of tall trees. Tropical trees are much taller than puny European trees and my 8-power bins were really struggling to pick out detail on small birds way up in the canopy. A scope wasn't much help either. The birds generally moved too fast, so I am considering getting some more powerful bins for such situations, but birders never seem to go beyond 10-power. Why? What goes wrong? Is it a weight thing or is your field of vision so reduced so that you can never find the bird?
Is the answer to the problem of taller trees really more power or would a better quality pair of 8-power bins be more effective?
Words of wisdom greatly appreciated.
Machector