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Looking for a good pair of binoculars?
I've always wanted a pair of them. We often have deer, hawks, sometimes coyotes, and many beautiful backyard birds. I want to get a good look at them and maybe even use them to stargaze. I'm leaving for florida in two weeks and want to bring a pair with me. I've looked at the bushnell powerView 20x50 Wide Angle Binocular and the 10x50. They seem to have great reviews. If you have a pair you LOVE and they are in a price range of 100 dollars tell me! If you have an amazon link that's even better. Also, if I get the bushnell, what power range do you think I should get?
Thanks!
Thanks! Both answers are super helpful.
Well, ..., it just so happens that I've owned a pair of Bushnell 10X50 Powerview binoculars for the past 11+ years and I love them. I've used them for astronomy as well as terrestrial observing and they've always been great! They still work as well today as the day I received them as a gift 11+ years ago. I haven't tried the 20x50's but if they work for you then get them. Some things you should look for in binoculars are:
1) The image quality should e consistent from edge to edge, top to bottom, and throughout the field of view ... no coke bottle effect.
2) Color rendition should be exactly the same as normal vision. So avoid binoculars with Ruby tinted objectives.
3) The Image should be correct both up and down and left and right. No inverted images
4) Items (1,2,3) above should remain true through (once focused) zoom.
5) Items (1,2,3) should remain in focus through zoom in and zoom out operations.
6) The binoculars should pass the 'cable test' through zoom in and zoom out operations.
Cable test - find both thin vertical an horizontal cables with binoculars. As you observe the cables in up and down, and side to side, transitions from sides to side and up and down. The cables should display no chromatic distortion (red, yellow, green, or blue) on either side of the cables.
7) They should be comfortable to use and hold not bulk and difficult to handle. Anything beyond 50mm begin to be difficult to handle which is why 10x50, 16x50, and or 20x50's are great general purpose binoculars.
At lead one or more oculars should be "focusable"
9) Both oculars should have comfortable cups for your eyes and the oculars should be at least 0.5" in diameter (or better)
10) Focus both in and out and return to focus. The focus should "snap" in and iamges in the feild of view should have a "crisp" or sharp image. No fuzzy images except for things very close. Far away items should be in focus. If you think of bimnoculars as being an extension of your eyes then that is how they should work.
11) Finally, the primary objectives should be free of any marring and should be multi-coated (bluish green in color) .
If your binoculars fail any of these tests don't buy them or return them immediately. BTW, Wal*Mart sells the Bushnell 10X50's for $34.95 which is a great deal.
PS - I definitely agree with Pure Genius ... don't buy the "straight barrel" (roof prism) type binoculars. By the traditional type (porro prism). The Porro Prism type binoculars are optically better performers
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