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  1. Peter Audrain

    Binoculars 8x40 or 10x50 which to use for birding

    I am, God only knows, the last person to claim that you shouldn't have more than one pair of binoculars |:$| I only regret, a little, the uniformity of the advice to avoid making your first pair a 10x, even though it's fine advice.
  2. Peter Audrain

    Binoculars 8x40 or 10x50 which to use for birding

    It's a kind of convention on optics sites to tsk-tsk knowledgeably about 10-power binoculars ('You won't see any more detail, you'll only believe you do!'—'They're too bulky!'—'It's madness to prefer them!'). But if 10x50s work for you—which they tend to do, if you find you do have the arm...
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