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GPO 10x50 HD Review
Hi Anansi In the centre field I can't see any CA at all with a high contrast object against bright white cloud. Moving off the centre field at about 40% of the distance to the field edge there is a tiny bit of CA which gets a little bit worse by the time you are looking at the very edge of the... -
GPO 10x50 HD Review
Am away from home at the moment but will check this next week when we are back. Lee -
GPO 10x50 HD Review
Sounds like a neat combo Steve and I might just try it out when we visit the marshes of Suffolk in 3 months time. Lee -
GPO 10x50 HD Review
In the States there are vast areas where you need to travel for days to find a different kind of landscape so its not too surprising that big magnifications and big objectives are more popular. Over here the landscape can change dramatically within 25 miles. 32s can indeed provide satisfying... -
GPO 10x50 HD Review
Thanks for your kind words Dennis. Whatever style of writing I have comes, I think, from being an avid reader of books since I was a nipper, and I guess I must have soaked up a lot of influences. To answer your questions, probably 8x42s are my preferred all-rounders although I did experiment... -
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GPO 10x50 HD Review
Thanks MM for clarifying this. Meoptas are very fine instruments and should be on everyone's short list for consideration. Lee -
GPO 10x50 HD Review
I wouldn't disagree with you James but I didn't have a comparable model to hand. I didn't think it fair or reasonable to compare with the only other 10x I have which is an SF as on the one hand the SF has so much going for it, and on the other, if I had posted this, some folks would say this was... -
GPO 10x50 HD Review
PHA Meoptas are fine binos and I referred to the B1 in the test and should have given it its full name of MeoStar B1. However there is some confusion about whether the 10x50 Meostar is still in production. On one part of the Meopta website if you click on all of the MeoStar 50mm models, one... -
GPO 10x50 HD Review
GPO doesn't say where they are made but Kamakura wouldn't be a surprise. GPO refer to the bridge as a micro-bridge and it is pretty slim and gives more optical tube room for fingers. It looks smaller than Maven bridges but its hard to tell from photos. I would prefer the focus wheel positioning... -
GPO 10x50 HD Review
Hey Chuck Yes, a bigger FOV would be nice. A bigger FOV is always nice! But in terms of the small amount of competition at its price level, the GPO right up there. I keep on saying how great the finish is on these GPOs simply because the external surfaces and joints, the eyecups and focus are... -
GPO 10x50 HD Review
Adhoc Comparisons would have been helpful I agree but I didn't have access to any other 10x50s at the time and at their price point they are almost without competitors. I could have said that a Zeiss SF handles better but didn't think that was helpful as it isn't a 50mm. So in the end I... -
GPO 10x50 HD Review
Actually the hang well on the strap and I had no trouble finding the focuser. Do they handle like an SF? No they don't but nothing else does either and I don't want to compare everything to a Zeiss like I used to do a few years ago. Lee -
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GPO 10x50 HD Review
Wow, thank you kindly Michael. The language used might be too subjective for some but this is how I see stuff through my bins and I write my reviews to appeal to those who also use their bins in this way. Glad it appealed to you and thanks for posting. Lee -
GPO 10x50 HD Review
Thanks Bruce. It was a surprise to me to find the GPO in an almost unoccupied price-corner of the market. As you point out, if you want a wider field you will need to be comfortable with a different price tag, and the feel of these in the hands is just top class. The eyecups alone are worth the... -
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GPO 10x50 HD Review
This is the first time I have reviewed a 10x50 although I have ventured even larger in the past, having reviewed Swarovski and Zeiss 56mm models a few years ago. GPO’s 10x50 arrived looking very much like the 8x42 I reviewed a few weeks ago and that is to say it is produced to an extremely high...