What binoculars do you think have the most WOW factor! (1 Viewer)

[8x60deckmount]

I think he'd better not drop it on your toes!

But first you will have to make sure he likes the focus wheel or IF rings. If he is as fussy as you are he may refuse to handle them.

Bob

When you guys have been joking about the deckmount I have been going outside and did see an Eagle here in the woods.

 

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Where is the Eagle and where is that? What lake is that? Sure looks nice!

 

[8x60deckmount]

I was to late to get a photo of the eagle .
Its not a lake - its saltwater . Its some km away from where the copper outside of the Statue of Liberty in New York did came from.

The copper did came from a place 10 km away from Tim Leatherman´s grandpa ´s hometown . (Tim at Leatherman Tools)

 

[ceasar]

Agreed, the best binoculars are the one you can handle during your trips without beeing disturbed by its wheight. Otherwise i'll stick with a Docter 8x56 porro.
These monster bins are good for their purpose, analyze and identify the planes and the ennemy boats, but for birding that's a bit an insult to the modern roofs.

These 8 x 60 Deckmounts weighed 2.2kg and were used on a heavy and stable mount. It would be interesting to compare them with the Doctor 8 x 56 porro also mounted on a heavy and stable mount or tripod. You could also throw in the 8 x 56 Victory roof prism also mounted the same way.

It would be the fairest way to test them at the same time under the same conditions.

Bob

 

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I bet they would smoke the other two. Porro's always crush roofs and I don't think the Docter would be any competition.

 

[8x60deckmount]

I bet they would smoke the other two. Porro's always crush roofs and I don't think the Docter would be any competition.

Porro´s is my favorite:t:

 

[etudiant]

Porro´s is my favorite:t:

Hey Deckmount, is that an OEM-2 that your glass is mounted on?

 

[8x60deckmount]

Its not mounted -only laying up on top of it. Yes Oem 2 .
have you ever study seagulls with an OEM 2 ?? A college at work did do it just 10 minutes ago . Its 3 D at the best way

 

[Giorgio]

Porro´s is my favorite:t:

Perdon me, but this is beautiful.

 

[8x60deckmount]

Perdon me, but this is beautiful.

I know :t::t:

 

[ceasar]

I bet they would smoke the other two. Porro's always crush roofs and I don't think the Docter would be any competition.

No kidding!

The 8 x 56 Doctor is a porro.

How much bigger are the prisms in the Deckmount? They have to be the dominating factor. They would have to be big (and therefore heavy) to get a 150M FOV @ 1000M. Bigger than the Doctor's I would guess. How else could it compete against ones with modern coatings otherwise?

That being the case you would need a 2.2kg binocular to use on sea going vessels. I would be surprised if you could reduce their weight by 1/2 and still maintain a sturdy enough frame for them to use like the 8 x 56 Doctor.

Bob

 

[8x60deckmount]

No kidding!

How much bigger are the prisms in the Deckmount? They have to be the dominating factor. They would have to be big to get a 150M FOV @ 1000M.
You would need a 2.2kg binocular for use on vessels for a binocular like this. I would be surprised if you could reduce their weight by 1/2 and still maintain a sturdy enough frame for them.

Bob

The prismes is huge I believe. The binocular like mine is the lightweight version and is almost 5 kg - The older version is made of brass and is 7,2 kg


Dont forget the quality of the oculars -and size of the ocularlens .Lens is 32 mm

 

[ceasar]

The prismes is huge I believe. The binocular like mine is the lightweight version and is almost 5 kg - The older version is made of brass and is 7,2 kg


Dont forget the quality of the oculars -and size of the ocularlens .Lens is 32 mm

32mm oculars!

That is about the average size of low power, wide angle lenses for small astronomical telescopes!

http://www.televue.com/engine/TV3b_page.asp?id=51&Tab=EP_EPL-32.0

50* field isn't exactly wide-field any more.

Bob

 

[8x60deckmount]

The 8x60 Kommandantglas do also have 32 mm ocularlens.

Here it is vs the 8x45 RF

 

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Those are huge!

 

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Where did you get all those? Did you buy a U-Boat?

 

[8x60deckmount]

the 8x60 slim and the 8x60 kommandantglas comes from UK.
8x60 deckmount from Sweden

18x80 -20 from Norway -- (32mm ocularlenses in this one too)


Yes - the ocular is also a wowfactor

 

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Very nice. You wouldn't want to give me one. I would write up a review on it I promise.

 

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I got the Canon 12x36 IS II's and they are very impressive. Only 2oz. heavier than the 10x and you can see even more detail. 23oz. is very light for a 12x binocular. Of course they only have 36mm objectives but they are still pretty bright. They will smoke any normal alpha for detail on a bird. Pretty amazing.

 

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Porro´s is my favorite also.