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    Waterproofness and your use of binoculars

    This might be a strange question to some, but it just dawned on me that basically every thread that mentions binoculars which are not fully waterproof has a lot of comments from people stating that these bins are unusable to them. Now, I never put much thought into this until now, so I have...
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    10x42L rubber eyecups replacement?

    Love the quality view through these bins, stabilization etc. but one thing prevents me from being happy with them. The eyecups are just bad for someone with narrow ipd. Are there any alternatives? My idea is to get rid of both the rubber eyecup cover and the plastic ring and to replace them with...
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    Canon 10x30 and 10x42 focusing

    Hi all I had the chance to own the 10x30 for a few days and it was a very enjoyable experience. I liked the flat field, DoF and fast focus. The only things to wish for are a slightly bigger FoV, better colour/contrast and less CA. I've been thinking about the 10x42. It's 3x the price so I know...
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    Nikon 5x15 DCF Titanium

    Hello guys This is the binocular that I seem to be interested in lately, but it's not available where I live and I cant examine it personally 8-P Although there are some opinions about it scattered around birdforum, I don't think I have ever read a review. I'd like to gather some information...
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    Wishing for new compacts

    As a user of Nikon Hgl 8x20 compacts I still have some complaints about them, the main one being the size of the exit pupil and therefore some difficulties with adjusting bins with my eyes/simply- lack of comfort. But I see many benefits of these bins, using them as a tourist rather than a...
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    Is this aberration considered normal?

    I have noticed a strange abberation with my Nikon HGL 8x20. Firstly I want to say it's not diffraction spikes- stars are pinpoints are many artificial light sources with 'covers' are as they should be. The aberration I'm talking about is visible when I look at a street lantern, a type which...
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    A question about full field sharpness?

    Hi all! The bins that force me to ask this question are Nikon Hgl 8x20. I'd like to know if this is normal: I focus on a book cover 5-6 meters away focusing on the text in the center of the field of view, then I move the bins and/or eyes to see focused text in outer part of FOV, near the...
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    Eye pupil sizes

    There's a lot of discussion about size of human eye pupil during twilight and night conditions and appropriate bins for such conditions. It is generally stated that during moderately cloudy day:) the pupil is about 3-4 mm big, and during night it reaches 6-9 mm. Please feel free to correct me if...
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    Kowa BD 8x25 or KOWA 8x25 DCF/C3

    I don't know if those two above are the same?? Here's the link: http://www.eagleoptics.com/binoculars/kowa/kowa-bd-8x25-binocular-green Have anyone tried these out? I especially wonder how does it compare to Nikon lxl 8x20 which I'm familiar with. Bigger exit pupil might make it easier to use...
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    ultravid 8x20 DoF??

    Hello I'm new to this forum, learned a lot here, and after trying out some binos, I've found out that for me top quality compacts are better than mid-priced full-size binos like Vortex Viper or Swift 828. I've had Nikon hgl 8x20 for a few days, but decided to return it (that was before trying...
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