Comments on: Which binoculars to buy? http://youthinside.org/2008/01/05/which-binoculars-to-buy/ All About Shopping Mon, 21 May 2012 22:30:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: muncie birder http://youthinside.org/2008/01/05/which-binoculars-to-buy/#comment-361 muncie birder Wed, 09 Jan 2008 04:43:18 +0000 http://youthinside.org/2008/01/05/which-binoculars-to-buy/#comment-361 When buying binoculars there are about 4 or 5 considerations. 1. magnification 8 power is considered all around best. 10 power is about the absolute maximum, but some people are not comfortable with that much power. Too much giggle. 2. field of view. The wider the vield of view the better. Easier to find what you are looking for. 3. eye relief. This becomes very important if you were glasses 4. water and fog proof. Some are not. Mostly this is found in higher priced binoculars 5. size. The larger the objective lens the brighter the image. That is the second number usually specified. as 8x40 or 7x21 etc. But the larger the objective lense the bulkier and the more they weigh. 6. close focus. Some binoculars focus closer than others. If you want to get a close up view of a butterfly or dragonfly, that is important, very important. Olympus around $50. Olympus 7x21 PCIII at $39.95. 7 power. Objective lense is 21 mm. Compact. Weigh ?? 6.5 lbs is not correct . close focus: 13 feet. You will not be getting good views of butterflies with these. Eye relief 11mm. not great. unusable by anyone wearing glasses. If you were to wear glasses you would need a minimum of 17 mm. not waterproof. field of view 393 ft at 1000 yds. user comments: great. Olympus Trooper 8x40 DPS I price $54.75 1. magnification 8 power 2. field of view: 429 ft at 1000 yds. 3. close focus 13 ft. 4. eye relief 12 mm 5 weight 25 oz. Ignore the 1st user comment. All binoculars have one eye adjustment. That is to bring both eyes into focus adustment together. When buying binoculars there are about 4 or 5 considerations.
1. magnification 8 power is considered all around best.
10 power is about the absolute maximum, but some people are not comfortable with that much power. Too much giggle.

2. field of view. The wider the vield of view the better. Easier to find what you are looking for.

3. eye relief. This becomes very important if you were glasses

4. water and fog proof. Some are not. Mostly this is found in higher priced binoculars

5. size. The larger the objective lens the brighter the image. That is the second number usually specified. as 8×40 or 7×21 etc. But the larger the objective lense the bulkier and the more they weigh.

6. close focus. Some binoculars focus closer than others. If you want to get a close up view of a butterfly or dragonfly, that is important, very important.

Olympus around $50.

Olympus 7×21 PCIII at $39.95.

7 power.
Objective lense is 21 mm.
Compact. Weigh ?? 6.5 lbs is not correct .
close focus: 13 feet. You will not be getting good views of butterflies with these.
Eye relief 11mm. not great. unusable by anyone wearing glasses. If you were to wear glasses you would need a minimum of 17 mm.
not waterproof.

field of view 393 ft at 1000 yds.

user comments: great.

Olympus Trooper 8×40 DPS I price $54.75

1. magnification 8 power

2. field of view: 429 ft at 1000 yds.

3. close focus 13 ft.

4. eye relief 12 mm

5 weight 25 oz.

Ignore the 1st user comment. All binoculars have one eye adjustment. That is to bring both eyes into focus adustment together.

]]> By: wires http://youthinside.org/2008/01/05/which-binoculars-to-buy/#comment-360 wires Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:05:29 +0000 http://youthinside.org/2008/01/05/which-binoculars-to-buy/#comment-360 Binoculars come in various configurations. The numbers, such as 8X 35 tell you a lot about them. The first number, the 8 in this case, is the power of the binocular or how much it magnifies. For general use, don't go above 8. If you get one with more magnification, you won't be able to hold the binoculars still enough to see clearly unless you use a tripod. The image will bounce around because your hands will wiggle slightly. Even a 7 would work. The second number, 35 in this case, tells you how big the front lens is in mm. For daylight operations, 35 is fine. If you go bigger, say to 50, the binocular will gather more light, but it may be too bright to use in a bright sunny day. If you will use them at night, go with the bigger lens. Have fun on your safari. Binoculars come in various configurations. The numbers, such as 8X 35 tell you a lot about them. The first number, the 8 in this case, is the power of the binocular or how much it magnifies. For general use, don’t go above 8. If you get one with more magnification, you won’t be able to hold the binoculars still enough to see clearly unless you use a tripod. The image will bounce around because your hands will wiggle slightly. Even a 7 would work.

The second number, 35 in this case, tells you how big the front lens is in mm. For daylight operations, 35 is fine. If you go bigger, say to 50, the binocular will gather more light, but it may be too bright to use in a bright sunny day. If you will use them at night, go with the bigger lens.

Have fun on your safari.

]]> By: william w http://youthinside.org/2008/01/05/which-binoculars-to-buy/#comment-359 william w Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:11:55 +0000 http://youthinside.org/2008/01/05/which-binoculars-to-buy/#comment-359 If you are going to use these binoculars for travel, just buy it, it is cheap enough If you are going to use these binoculars for travel, just buy it, it is cheap enough

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