Re: [OM] OT Binoculars

[Chuck Norcutt]

So, you don't find 10X too much?  I think I would.

Chuck Norcutt


Mike Lazzari wrote:
> While I agree with what Chuck and Moose have said the most important 
> specification for me is the eye relief. This is especially true if  one 
> hopes to make practical use of the binoculars without removing eyewear. 
> The eye relief is the distance from your pupil to the lens. The longer 
> this distance the better. 16mm is the absolute minimum that I find 
> acceptable. This rules out most cheap compact binos. What a long eye 
> relief does is to make possible fast image acquisition. This is very 
> important for birding. After a morning of trial I narrowed my choice to 
> the BN's and the Pentax below. There was no discernible difference in 
> optical quality (to my eye) except for a bit more fringing at the edge 
> of the FOV of the Pentax. Given the price difference $450 (grey mrkt) vs 
> 1200 the choice was a no brainer. Pentax now has an ED version of this 
> model which must be very good.
> 
> <http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/278461-USA/Pentax_62616_10x43_DCF_SP_Binocular.html#specifications>
> 
> Buy once. Do your eyes a favor.
> Mike
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