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Celestron Regal ED 8x42 Flat Field binoculars.
These arrived this morning. I've been outside with them for about an hour. I didn't experience any of the blackouts or kidney beaning that I was concerned about that some people
had issues with because of the long eye relief these have. At full extension, the eye cups rest right where I like them, with a nice wide FOV and no issues.
They are what I would call chunky. They have some heft, but I like how they feel. I had no trouble holding them still for extended periods. When using hold method of resting them on my upturned palms and my forefingers on my forehead, my thumbs on my cheekbones, with the cups against my eye sockets, holding them still was effortless, and my middle fingers come to rest very naturally on the focus ring.
They are quite nice. the build quality seems good, and the views are really nice. The FOV actually IS flat. I saw no bending of light poles, flag poles, and no distorted lines when moving to the edge of the FOV. Some slight lack of sharpness when I got close to the edge, but actually in this regard I am also impressed. A nice, large sweet spot.
Close focus on these is fantastic. I was standing about 5 feet from my hummingbird feeder, and watched some Rubys feeding. Very sharp and great color. The focus ring moves very smoothly with just the right amount of resistance. From stop to stop IS pretty far, almost two full turns. Not optimal, must I can live with it, as it really does allow for fine focusing and I don't tend to "overshoot" focus. There is no slack, backlash or stiction of any kind. A Stellars Jay was sitting on a branch across the street, and he was very sharp, and the color was very nice even though he was in the shade.
There is some rolling ball effect, but I have never been bothered my that. And it's not very intense. It might bother some people, but it's not bad at all.
Looking into the objectives with a flashlight reveals a very clean environment with a darkened baffle that goes in quite a distance. The eyepiece caps fit well, and stay on until you take them off due to the soft pliable rubber they are made from. The objective caps are just fine, the dangler style.
I like the hard case they come with. There's also a harness in the box, but I won't be using it, I have better ones. Esthetically, they have a nice look, with the orange accents. The REGAL ED logo is a little cheesy though, IMO.
All in all, I am impressed with them. To use the overworked, phrase, they seem like a lot of bino for the money.
These arrived this morning. I've been outside with them for about an hour. I didn't experience any of the blackouts or kidney beaning that I was concerned about that some people
had issues with because of the long eye relief these have. At full extension, the eye cups rest right where I like them, with a nice wide FOV and no issues.
They are what I would call chunky. They have some heft, but I like how they feel. I had no trouble holding them still for extended periods. When using hold method of resting them on my upturned palms and my forefingers on my forehead, my thumbs on my cheekbones, with the cups against my eye sockets, holding them still was effortless, and my middle fingers come to rest very naturally on the focus ring.
They are quite nice. the build quality seems good, and the views are really nice. The FOV actually IS flat. I saw no bending of light poles, flag poles, and no distorted lines when moving to the edge of the FOV. Some slight lack of sharpness when I got close to the edge, but actually in this regard I am also impressed. A nice, large sweet spot.
Close focus on these is fantastic. I was standing about 5 feet from my hummingbird feeder, and watched some Rubys feeding. Very sharp and great color. The focus ring moves very smoothly with just the right amount of resistance. From stop to stop IS pretty far, almost two full turns. Not optimal, must I can live with it, as it really does allow for fine focusing and I don't tend to "overshoot" focus. There is no slack, backlash or stiction of any kind. A Stellars Jay was sitting on a branch across the street, and he was very sharp, and the color was very nice even though he was in the shade.
There is some rolling ball effect, but I have never been bothered my that. And it's not very intense. It might bother some people, but it's not bad at all.
Looking into the objectives with a flashlight reveals a very clean environment with a darkened baffle that goes in quite a distance. The eyepiece caps fit well, and stay on until you take them off due to the soft pliable rubber they are made from. The objective caps are just fine, the dangler style.
I like the hard case they come with. There's also a harness in the box, but I won't be using it, I have better ones. Esthetically, they have a nice look, with the orange accents. The REGAL ED logo is a little cheesy though, IMO.
All in all, I am impressed with them. To use the overworked, phrase, they seem like a lot of bino for the money.
It seems that in the $600 and under range that most modern 8x42's weigh 24 oz or less. The only two I have in that category that weigh 27 oz are the Regal ED's and the Svbony SV202. Heck, my Monarch MHG 8x42's weigh the same as the Trailseeker ED's (23.5 oz).
