Paultricounty
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Of all the binoculars I own and have tried over the years, like others who have said there are no perfect binoculars, I feel the 7x42 Ultravid plus checks all the boxes for the perfect binoculars.
First we have the build quality, they are one of the most compact 42mm binoculars available, they’re solid, have a great balance and feel great in the hands, the focuser is excellent even though a little firm , it’s not stiff and they snap right into focus the way a high end alpha should, no focus hunting anywhere anytime. The material fit and finish is elegant, strong and second to none.
The optics are incredibly sharp, bright, with very good edges, and a very immersive image. CA is very well controlled, almost none under most all observing conditions. It has a very good size FOV, perfect outlined black field stop with beautiful image circle, and the contrast and color saturation is off the charts , as good or better than anything else on the market today.
The eye relief is excellent as well , it has a very comfortable eye box, no fiddling around to find the right eye position. All combined with the 7x DOF becomes all intoxicating and absolutely delicious. All these features come together to make an all around close to perfect pair of binoculars.
It doesn’t try to go over board or touch the boundaries of a huge FOV, which then makes the ocular design prone to blackout or a less comfortable eye box. It doesn’t ry to have a perfect flat field edge to edge, that makes for some peculiar panning characteristics. It doesn’t try to be the brightest with coating trickery that may introduce glare under certain lighting conditions. It doesn’t try to use the most modern biodegradable armor ( which we’ll be discussing for this and the next eternity). It doesn’t to redesign the wheel with open bridge (I call double bridges) where some hands don’t fit between the barrels, and it doesn’t have barrels that feel like a motorcycle drove over the binocular tubes.
We can debate the 7x magnification not being optimum for some , but if you go higher you lose that DOF which is part of the package. In summation these 7x42 UVHD+ seem to cover just about all the bases and checks the most boxes to being the best (perfect?) all around binoculars, it does everything well, IMHO 🙏🏼.
What say you?
Paul
First we have the build quality, they are one of the most compact 42mm binoculars available, they’re solid, have a great balance and feel great in the hands, the focuser is excellent even though a little firm , it’s not stiff and they snap right into focus the way a high end alpha should, no focus hunting anywhere anytime. The material fit and finish is elegant, strong and second to none.
The optics are incredibly sharp, bright, with very good edges, and a very immersive image. CA is very well controlled, almost none under most all observing conditions. It has a very good size FOV, perfect outlined black field stop with beautiful image circle, and the contrast and color saturation is off the charts , as good or better than anything else on the market today.
The eye relief is excellent as well , it has a very comfortable eye box, no fiddling around to find the right eye position. All combined with the 7x DOF becomes all intoxicating and absolutely delicious. All these features come together to make an all around close to perfect pair of binoculars.
It doesn’t try to go over board or touch the boundaries of a huge FOV, which then makes the ocular design prone to blackout or a less comfortable eye box. It doesn’t ry to have a perfect flat field edge to edge, that makes for some peculiar panning characteristics. It doesn’t try to be the brightest with coating trickery that may introduce glare under certain lighting conditions. It doesn’t try to use the most modern biodegradable armor ( which we’ll be discussing for this and the next eternity). It doesn’t to redesign the wheel with open bridge (I call double bridges) where some hands don’t fit between the barrels, and it doesn’t have barrels that feel like a motorcycle drove over the binocular tubes.
We can debate the 7x magnification not being optimum for some , but if you go higher you lose that DOF which is part of the package. In summation these 7x42 UVHD+ seem to cover just about all the bases and checks the most boxes to being the best (perfect?) all around binoculars, it does everything well, IMHO 🙏🏼.
What say you?
Paul
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