William Lewis
Wishing birdwatching paid the bills.
Nothing new binocular wise from Swarovski sadly - probably good for everyone's scrolling fingers! They did have kahles new thermal Scopes as Mike mentions - when I saw the orange and brown I'd hoped they'd brought some bins along but sadly no helia s in sight - probably would have taken a few Swarovski sales away if they had so sensible marketing I guess!
The new Kowa prominar 66 is there though, must be honest I didn't take the time to have a go with it - quite content with my monarch 82. No updates to the Genesis binocular line that was mooted a while back.
Nothing much new from Zeiss, sfl '30s an addition from last year obviously - had to try them against my Nikon e2 to see if I was missing much and realised I wasn't - good bin though although I'm not sure it's long enough to warrant the central focus wheel - it works well on the likes of the NL (even the still quite long NL 32), sf, sfl '40 etc as there's room for your hands down near the objectives for better stability, the sfl '30 doesn't quite have enough real estate before the objectives for that so the ultravid '32 actually handles better for me.
Any others of note? Hawk has a really good range of options, good to see the Marines in 7x50 for a good, narrow, bright, stable old school view and the 7x32 marine seemed decent too, as well as the edx range having a good view and seeming well put together - no quibble lifetime warranty too - the everlasting binocular!
Good day as usual with plenty to see and do for all the family. Bring wellies and take 4x4 if you have one though - not terrible but not flip flop weather like last year!
Will
The new Kowa prominar 66 is there though, must be honest I didn't take the time to have a go with it - quite content with my monarch 82. No updates to the Genesis binocular line that was mooted a while back.
Nothing much new from Zeiss, sfl '30s an addition from last year obviously - had to try them against my Nikon e2 to see if I was missing much and realised I wasn't - good bin though although I'm not sure it's long enough to warrant the central focus wheel - it works well on the likes of the NL (even the still quite long NL 32), sf, sfl '40 etc as there's room for your hands down near the objectives for better stability, the sfl '30 doesn't quite have enough real estate before the objectives for that so the ultravid '32 actually handles better for me.
Any others of note? Hawk has a really good range of options, good to see the Marines in 7x50 for a good, narrow, bright, stable old school view and the 7x32 marine seemed decent too, as well as the edx range having a good view and seeming well put together - no quibble lifetime warranty too - the everlasting binocular!
Good day as usual with plenty to see and do for all the family. Bring wellies and take 4x4 if you have one though - not terrible but not flip flop weather like last year!
Will
