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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Binastro" data-source="post: 2927383" data-attributes="member: 111403">. I have the Foton 5×25 which I love. it has very accurate optics although it is not phase coated as far as I know. The crescent Venus looks better in this than any other binocular I have used.Also the Bushnell 5×25 which is very nice and useful except that it is 4.4 times magnification not five times.The 4×21 extrawide fixed focus is interesting and apparently kids like it although I cannot focus anything except the edges, which is actually okay for looking at widely separated planets. The field is 18.5° but it is only 3.5 times, it is definitely not 4 times magnification.the Dowling and Rowe 4×22 binocular is very useful and has a field of 16.5°.there is the American 4.5 times binocular that is used in a similar way to spectacles and uses mirrors instead of prisms. This is expensive and I have not yet seen one. There are different views as to how good it is.So I would be interested to try the 5×25 mentioned above, though I suspect that some of the specifications are not accurate.</blockquote>