New Bin's Required

[Quick silver]

Can anyone recommend a decent pair of bino's with a minimum x30 mag that won't break the bank?.....weight will not be an issue so those huge soviet pairs will be acceptable.

What do you guys & gals use?

[Yellabelly]

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Might answer your question

YB


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[GetCarter]

Quick silver said:

Can anyone recommend a decent pair of bino's with a minimum x30 mag that won't break the bank?.....weight will not be an issue so those huge soviet pairs will be acceptable.

What do you guys & gals use?

x30 mag is huge - It's going to be massively expensive to get a bright x30 image. I assume this is for a static mount?

Reading this will help: http://www.telescopesandbinoculars.co.uk/acatalog/...

(nb: For hand held use, practical trials suggest choosing a binocular with a magnification no greater than 8x or 10x, the reasons for which are as follows. The magnification effectively spreads the available light over the image being viewed. The higher the magnification, the larger the image being covered and
hence the lower the relative brightness of the image. Higher magnification binoculars also give a reduced depth of field (distance in clear focus at one time) and field of view. Lastly, the higher the magnification the more natural hand-shake or tremor affects the stability of the image. If you want binoculars over 10x magnification it is
advisable to try them first and consider using a support such as a tripod to attain a stable image, especially when viewing for long periods)

[Quick silver]

GetCarter said:

Quick silver said:

Can anyone recommend a decent pair of bino's with a minimum x30 mag that won't break the bank?.....weight will not be an issue so those huge soviet pairs will be acceptable.

What do you guys & gals use?

x30 mag is huge - It's going to be massively expensive to get a bright x30 image. I assume this is for a static mount?

Reading this will help: http://www.telescopesandbinoculars.co.uk/acatalog/...

(nb: For hand held use, practical trials suggest choosing a binocular with a magnification no greater than 8x or 10x, the reasons for which are as follows. The magnification effectively spreads the available light over the image being viewed. The higher the magnification, the larger the image being covered and
hence the lower the relative brightness of the image. Higher magnification binoculars also give a reduced depth of field (distance in clear focus at one time) and field of view. Lastly, the higher the magnification the more natural hand-shake or tremor affects the stability of the image. If you want binoculars over 10x magnification it is
advisable to try them first and consider using a support such as a tripod to attain a stable image, especially when viewing for long periods)

Thanks for the info, I've had bino's for years & regulary used them in the armed forces. I have a decent pair of 8x40's & image intensifier bino's along with a range finder & a couple of spotting (monocular) scopes but would also like a large x30 mag or greater. I sometimes shoot at a competitive level (target) & as with photography I'm fully aware of the problems associated with hand shake/breathing etc.

I just wanted to know if anyone owned a pair of large binoculars or if anyone knew of something they could recommend.

[GetCarter]

Quick silver said:

GetCarter said:

Quick silver said:

Can anyone recommend a decent pair of bino's with a minimum x30 mag that won't break the bank?.....weight will not be an issue so those huge soviet pairs will be acceptable.

What do you guys & gals use?

x30 mag is huge - It's going to be massively expensive to get a bright x30 image. I assume this is for a static mount?

Reading this will help: http://www.telescopesandbinoculars.co.uk/acatalog/...

(nb: For hand held use, practical trials suggest choosing a binocular with a magnification no greater than 8x or 10x, the reasons for which are as follows. The magnification effectively spreads the available light over the image being viewed. The higher the magnification, the larger the image being covered and
hence the lower the relative brightness of the image. Higher magnification binoculars also give a reduced depth of field (distance in clear focus at one time) and field of view. Lastly, the higher the magnification the more natural hand-shake or tremor affects the stability of the image. If you want binoculars over 10x magnification it is
advisable to try them first and consider using a support such as a tripod to attain a stable image, especially when viewing for long periods)

Thanks for the info, I've had bino's for years & regulary used them in the armed forces. I have a decent pair of 8x40's & image intensifier bino's along with a range finder & a couple of spotting (monocular) scopes but would also like a large x30 mag or greater. I sometimes shoot at a competitive level (target) & as with photography I'm fully aware of the problems associated with hand shake/breathing etc.

I just wanted to know if anyone owned a pair of large binoculars or if anyone knew of something they could recommend.

Ah.. OK... with you.

The link I sent was from a shop I used to buy my Opticrons - they were really helpful. An e mail to them is worth doing - they don't do a hard sell. They actually suggested I spend less!

Steve

[Quick silver]

GetCarter said:

Ah.. OK... with you.

The link I sent was from a shop I used to buy my Opticrons - they were really helpful. An e mail to them is worth doing - they don't do a hard sell. They actually suggested I spend less!

Steve

Thanks Steve, I'll certainly send them an email, that's just what I'm looking for, some friendly advice.