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    How sharp is Nikon action extreme 16x50?

    Vab, The Nikon EX 16x50 can show veiling glare and/or flare pretty badly when viewing birds on water against a low sun, so much that the image then is not really useful. In a long quest for a hand-held 15x, going by whatever reports found on the internet, I have (as very recently posted in...
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    Finally compared 15X56 and 12X50 Side-By-Side

    Thanks Jerry. I will give 15x one last shot (with the binocular below already en route) and if it won't work then go for 12x50. I said: "...to find out which 12x or 15x...will convey most detail to me when hand held, I...have finally narrowed it to these: Alpen Teton 15x50, 795 g and 6.9 in...
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    Opinion on Zeiss Victory FL.

    I copy from a post I made a month ago (link here) in another thread in this sub-forum. Looksharp65, now you have ruined my contentment! PS. Now I am not sure even if it was "very subtle/delicate"!
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    Finally compared 15X56 and 12X50 Side-By-Side

    Thanks Huronbay for that info. But I prefer smaller and lighter in binoculars! For me the two models I have named will I think work the best. If I do need to go to 15x56 then at that weight and size there is the Meopta HD which is said to be close to the Swaro. optically but much less expensive...
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    Finally compared 15X56 and 12X50 Side-By-Side

    This is not as simple as it seems. Among all the 12x and all the 15x binoculars made, different users, depending on their physiology, find different models easier or harder to hold steady, depending on their ergonomics, i.e. weight*, balance and grip. Thus some user may find some 15x model...
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    Finally compared 15X56 and 12X50 Side-By-Side

    Actually, the point of my question was the opposite of those of the others who have taken it up! It was in regard to the level of detail when hand-held and not when further steadied. Wishing to get an idea of how each of these instruments will do (in conveying detail) when hand-held by me I...
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    HD vs HD plus

    My last post (#23 above): Oops, I noticed only now that the second quote there compares not HD+ vs HD but HD+ vs Non-HD. To make up for this I scrutinized the rest of that thread but found nothing more on HD+ vs HD. Post #25: "...our facilities for mind reading..." Substitute "brain" for mind...
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    Here's a deal on a 12x25

    Cabela's Intensity 12x25 at $170? The x will need to be checked. There are 2 buyer reviews on their website, both favorable, this one surprising: "...i have 2 pair of the Leica ultravid 10x25 binoculars so i know what good optics are. These are as good if not better than the Leicas." PS. Also...
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    HD vs HD plus

    From page 1 of of a 6-page (presently) thread on the Uv.+ 7x42 begun Dec. 2015. [Link] 8x42: 7x42:
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    OK, what is this I see in the Bushnell Legend M's?

    Thank you David, that (in post #24) is clearer, still not entirely clear, but I will work on it!
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    OK, what is this I see in the Bushnell Legend M's?

    David, thanks for your explanations. But I seem to have lost you a bit. Is this then only with lights or bright objects in very dim light or night? I have made no attempt to test for such. Sorry if you have explained this earlier. How is resolution to be tested then, and how do we know he did...
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    OK, what is this I see in the Bushnell Legend M's?

    No me too and discerning users who viewed through my 8x42. David if the optics indeed do what you describe still the sharpness is impressive. On the 10x42 Arek Olech of AllBinos, who normally avoids sharpness, says: "...sharp images already from 1.85 metres...the...binoculars made a very...
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    OK, what is this I see in the Bushnell Legend M's?

    "...what is the collective noun for binoculars?" Folly. (For 3 or more. I am currently aiming at 2. If I get to 3 it shall be 4 or more.)
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    OK, what is this I see in the Bushnell Legend M's?

    Barry, welcome to our world. At that time the Leica, Nikon, Swarovski, and Zeiss pockets weighed as follows respectively in their higher/highest-tier compact models. 8x20: 8.5, 9.5, 7.6, 7.9 oz. 10x25: 9.3, 10.6 ;-(, 8.1, 8.8 oz. That was Ultravid with Leica, who also had Trinovid in these...
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    The advantages of keeping it simple.

    I am happy about JoeJ's response, but have just realized that responses here can "derail" this thread, so would request others who take this up to do so in some other way. After much trying I just cannot find out how to directly write to the Moderators and shall appreciate it if someone tells...
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    OK, what is this I see in the Bushnell Legend M's?

    Barry, I got a Legend-M 8x42 recently but this was soon after a Zeiss Victory 8x25 and I had been spoiled by that wonderful little instrument. The Bushnell seemed to me to practically equal it in all aspects optically with richer yellows being the major difference. The field of view seems to be...
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    The advantages of keeping it simple.

    I echo that, and might have put those words down were I articulate enough! So well put. The explanation in Barry's last paragraph applies to binoculars too. Indeed that is where this thread began! You might like to read my post linked here yesterday in another thread. The quote within it is...
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    The advantages of keeping it simple.

    Cause and effect? "Beauty spots accessible to whole populations cease to be beauty spots..." Aldous Huxley, Boundaries of Utopia, 1931. The nexus here is a longish story...and the solutions are not simple...
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    How much FOV do you like?

    Henry, Surely not in all binoculars? What about the popular Leupold Yosemite/Kowa YF (near-"clones") 6x30? My impression and of many other users is actually of a notably wide and easy view.
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    Victory pocket models updated!

    This is the result of a personal preference (quirk maybe) but set down FWIW. I like my main binocular to be very small, to carry unnoticed in a pants pocket, and light. The Victory Pocket 8x25 is now the only binocular I use, and will probably remain so except for one more in 15x or 12x for...
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    New Minox BL 8X56 HD Model 2017

    The price there (if I saw the same item) is now USD 883 with also a hunting knife. Google Translate on the the German text gives: The MINOX BL HD binoculars represent a maximum performance of German binoculars development. The use of HD special glass, finest compensation and the best...
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    What bin do we use

    Jan, sorry if this should be obvious, but what does "99% A" mean there? Thanks. (I am thinking of getting this model.)
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    No retro Trinovids after all?

    Thanks Dalat for that information. But surely Swaro. is taking that further: below, I copy from the article. Also, my second quote above is from Germany (perhaps here and there "the world is still in order"!) ...For instance, they will do a lot of grinding, sanding and polishing by hand to get...
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    No retro Trinovids after all?

    From above: The article linked here should be interesting to anyone who likes fine binoculars (please note I am not saying that fine binoculars needs this!) As I recall I was first directed to it by a post in BirdForum some years back, now remembered and searched for it.
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    Best Value 10x42?

    Here is the link to AllBinos's test last year. For a start, I would suggest, read downward from 'Summary'. In their scoring system totaling their tech figures, which is not everyone's favorite, it ranks pretty far down in their 10x42 list. One can focus on that last part of the review apart from...
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