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  1. Richard D

    Habicht for birdwatching?

    I'll look forward to your answer in a couple of months, but my view owning the 10x40 is yes, but the focuser stiffness makes it less than ideal in terrain where you're regularly significantly changing focus distance - great over open countryside, fine along hedgerows, but when you've got a...
  2. Richard D

    Habicht for birdwatching?

    We're going off topic here, but if you can stretch to £135 - these Kowa are very popular at the budget end and a good price: KOWA 8X30 YFII Porro Prism Binoculars | Viking Optical Centres
  3. Richard D

    Habicht for birdwatching?

    Yes the European made binoculars tend to be expensive. The Habichts are extremely good value for their performance, but they're still expensive and are probably not what I'd recommend to someone not familiar with binoculars and there different quirks. Nikon produce a wide range of binoculars...
  4. Richard D

    Habicht for birdwatching?

    I regularly use mine for birding along the local creek and in open countryside.
  5. Richard D

    Habicht for birdwatching?

    For birding in open countryside I find the 10x40s great to use. The only time I find the slow focusing an issue is where I'm birding somewhere where I need to make extreme changes to distance - close bushes to distant fields for example. I've never found any significant glare with the 10x40s.
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