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Recent content by dozercsx
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STOP! Take off your GLASSES if you own ED Binoculars!!!
Greetings, I just discovered a series of articles around a super important fact if you are an eyeglass wearer AND a Binocular user: Polycarbonate lenses are the WORST optical material when it comes to Chromatic Aberration: Here's one comment from the optics article I am posting: "Abbe values... -
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Crossfire HD - Diamondback HD
I found a few more distinctions between the Crossfire HD line and the Diamondback HD line: (1) D-Backs use dielectric coatings on their prisms, Crossfires do not; (2) D-Backs have slight ribbing on the sides of the binocular for grip, Crossfires are smooth; -
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Crossfire HD - Diamondback HD
Greetings- so in reading up on the new HD designation - for the Crossfire line, what it means is that they have formulated a new lens coating (think FMC), which is supposed to be a bit better, so they now use that on all surfaces, and gave it the marketing tag "HD". Crossfire HDs are terrific... -
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Crossfire HD
*** PSA *** Today on Amazon, all Vortex Crossfire HD binoculars are on sale for $139! Question: Does anyone have experience with the 10x50's? Are they worth an impulse buy??? -
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Great Binocs Under $100 (or 60 pounds Sterling)
Strong recommendation for $100 birding/astronomy quality binoculars (with ONE caveat): The Atlas Eagle Owl 10x50 Porro prism binoculars. They are $99 on Amazon, and a few points: (1) they REEK of quality - they feel great in the hand, the waterproof rubber coatings are super nice to the touch...- dozercsx
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Crossfire HD
Greetings, So, which Crossfire did you wind up purchasing (there are many)? I have been looking longingly at the 10x50 version (a 10x50 with 7ft close focus?@?@? Wow!) And we can get 'em in the states for under$150 these days (I've paid more for dinner!) Let me know what you got (remember we... -
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nikon vintage owl 7x50 info ?
Greetings! Turns out I responded to this thread on another Birdforum thread! Check it out... (pictures included) comment #55 https://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=220714&page=3 -
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What’s up with Pentax binocular deals today?
Greetings, I checked Amazon today and there are crazy deals with Pentax binoculars- at this moment you can get a Pentax UCF R 8x21 compact (sister to the Papilio) for $39 and a Pentax PCF WC 10x30 small Porro (think Kowa YF or Leupold Yosemite) for same! The 8x30 is $5 more. Does anyone have... -
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Review: Orion Otter 10x42 ED roof prism binoculars
As a longtime birder, I come from the land of “8x means better hand hold-ability.” In reading some recent reviews on this site, I realized that, despite my research, I had never actually owned or even tested for more than a few minutes, 10x binoculars. Since many birders swear by 10x for... -
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Mid-price binoculars recommendation
As an El Cheapo Yank (translation: frugal American ;-) ) I come at this from the other end - I look only at super value in seriously cheap binoculars; for me the only categories are <$100, <$150 and <$200, new and used. In today's Golden Age of binocular trickle down technology, you can get a... -
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Celestron Nature DX ED
Greetings, I just discovered the same binoculars while researching 8x42 roof prisms - this seems like an incredible deal for ED glass, the lowest I think I've ever seen. And they are listed as ED glass, fully-multi coated, and phase corrected. Plus they look pretty good, and from the specs... -
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Historical Review of Swift 804 Audubon Binoculars
Greetings @Elkub! Oh man, I go away for 10 measly years, and you get another pair of binoculars?!?!?! ;-) I'd be interested to know what makes the Swaro's more eye friendly than the Audubons (I've never tried the Swaro's, but do know that the Audobons have short eye relief; it hasn't been a... -
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And Now For Something Completely Different - Tasco J-B208
Thanks! A few more interesting observations on the Tasco's (I know the Orions are terribly interesting, but I want the Tasco's (and Larks and their sisters) to have their "moment in the sun" here (bad pun): While sitting in my yard with the Tasco's: (1) I measured 8ft close focus with a tape... -
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And Now For Something Completely Different - Tasco J-B208
Thanks guys! And, of course, you know what comes next... All this cool cheap stuff - then you get bit, and buy more binoculars! Having fallen in love with the simplicity and elegance of this Galilean design, I went out and bought the new Orion 2x54 Ultra Wide Field Binos! They are brand new... -
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Historical Review of Swift 804 Audubon Binoculars
Greetings! After 10 years, I figured I'd pick up on this thread where I left off... ;-) I never posted pictures of my 804 HR/5 type 4b(2) - it's in pretty much the same pristine condition today as it was 10 years ago! For the record, here are a few. BTW my only "mods" are Eagle tethered...