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<blockquote data-quote="Gilmore Girl" data-source="post: 3309505" data-attributes="member: 106744"><p>i have a handful of rather simple requirements:</p><p></p><p>Relatively small</p><p>Relatively light </p><p>Large EP </p><p>Sharp center</p><p>medium to slow focus</p><p></p><p>I just become a bit tired lugging around a big, heavy bin.</p><p>It hurts my shoulders.</p><p></p><p>Ever since I began wearing eyeglasses I much prefer larger EP.</p><p>I need 5mm minimum for easy eye placement and therefore</p><p>ease of view. </p><p>8x32 was always my favorite though and I </p><p>miss this format. </p><p></p><p>Sharp on axis is important for bird ID and reduces eye strain</p><p>of course. It's just wonderful to see so much detail.</p><p></p><p>Fast focus is a bit frustrating to me. I tend to overshoot the</p><p>target and can bring the object into optimum focus easier </p><p>with a slower focus.</p><p></p><p>Right now I have the Opticron Countryman HD 8x42 which meets </p><p>all of the above well. It's a nice bino, but not perfect. It has a narrow-ish</p><p>FOV and a little CA shows up at times.</p><p></p><p>p.s. Of the top tier or alpha bins I like the Leica brand. But, there are a lot</p><p>of nice bins I've tried at store; Vortex Razor, Swaro SV, Zeiss FL and Conquest.</p><p>I'd like to look through the Kowa Genesis someday as well as a few others.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gilmore Girl, post: 3309505, member: 106744"] i have a handful of rather simple requirements: Relatively small Relatively light Large EP Sharp center medium to slow focus I just become a bit tired lugging around a big, heavy bin. It hurts my shoulders. Ever since I began wearing eyeglasses I much prefer larger EP. I need 5mm minimum for easy eye placement and therefore ease of view. 8x32 was always my favorite though and I miss this format. Sharp on axis is important for bird ID and reduces eye strain of course. It's just wonderful to see so much detail. Fast focus is a bit frustrating to me. I tend to overshoot the target and can bring the object into optimum focus easier with a slower focus. Right now I have the Opticron Countryman HD 8x42 which meets all of the above well. It's a nice bino, but not perfect. It has a narrow-ish FOV and a little CA shows up at times. p.s. Of the top tier or alpha bins I like the Leica brand. But, there are a lot of nice bins I've tried at store; Vortex Razor, Swaro SV, Zeiss FL and Conquest. I'd like to look through the Kowa Genesis someday as well as a few others. [/QUOTE]
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