Thrupenney Bit
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This isn't an in-depth review, just my initial feelings after purchasing the CL 8x25 Pocket binoculars:
As I left my local camera shop, unable to get what I wanted, I saw the Swarovski CL 8x25 Pockets on a top shelf and on a whim I asked to have a look.
On an overcast and cloudy day I was surprised at how clear an image they produced, nice to handle and they folded up small. Hmmmm!
Fast forward a couple of weeks, on holiday, I normally take my old Opticron 8x42's in my carry-on bag, but it's a squash with my camera and stuff, and they're lumpy to carry around if not on a dedicated bird watching walk. I started to wonder if a pocket set of binoculars might be useful for holidays and simply for just going on a walk locally where I wasn't on a dedicated bird watching walk.
On returning home I ended up treating myself to the CL 8x25 Pocket bins.
This weekend walking at our local beach I was impressed at the binoculars. Looking at a blue but very churned up sea, the blue sea was a lovely warm blue in contrast to a very dark red muddy sea. The cliffs beautifully clear, I liked the colours through the binoculars, the odd passing gull very clear and I was impressed at the overall image from them.
Yes it was a bright day but still, I enjoyed using them.
I've just returned from a few miles amble around my home and I'd popped them in my pocket before leaving.
It's overcast today in East Devon (UK), absolutely no hint of sun, a dull and dreary day. Having just put the clocks back, the sunset is at 16.50, and I was out using them around an hour before this.
I'm glad I took them. The image was good and clear. OK maybe not as light as my normal Zeiss Conquest 8x42's perhaps but... I didn't have them for a direct comparison so who knows!
It was lovely to look across the fields, brown and stubbly after the crops were harvested, dark red soil against deep green hedges still in leaf meant a dark vista but the bins enabled me to simply take in the view. On the way back, looking at birds in an Oak tree still in full leaf, without the bins I'd have missed them.
In their case they fit into my fleece pocket. When using them I had the case strap over my shoulder, and carried them that way for a while. A bit odd you might think for 'pocket' bins but they are so light I simply didn't know they were there. I know when I've got my Zeiss's on my shoulder! Then when heading for home I popped them into my pocket and strode on...
As said, these are simply my observations after purchasing them, nothing technical. A 'users' first impressions.
You can glean all the technical stuff from websites and compare whatever to them.
This is just me saying I'm glad I took the plunge and bought them!
cheers
Q
As I left my local camera shop, unable to get what I wanted, I saw the Swarovski CL 8x25 Pockets on a top shelf and on a whim I asked to have a look.
On an overcast and cloudy day I was surprised at how clear an image they produced, nice to handle and they folded up small. Hmmmm!
Fast forward a couple of weeks, on holiday, I normally take my old Opticron 8x42's in my carry-on bag, but it's a squash with my camera and stuff, and they're lumpy to carry around if not on a dedicated bird watching walk. I started to wonder if a pocket set of binoculars might be useful for holidays and simply for just going on a walk locally where I wasn't on a dedicated bird watching walk.
On returning home I ended up treating myself to the CL 8x25 Pocket bins.
This weekend walking at our local beach I was impressed at the binoculars. Looking at a blue but very churned up sea, the blue sea was a lovely warm blue in contrast to a very dark red muddy sea. The cliffs beautifully clear, I liked the colours through the binoculars, the odd passing gull very clear and I was impressed at the overall image from them.
Yes it was a bright day but still, I enjoyed using them.
I've just returned from a few miles amble around my home and I'd popped them in my pocket before leaving.
It's overcast today in East Devon (UK), absolutely no hint of sun, a dull and dreary day. Having just put the clocks back, the sunset is at 16.50, and I was out using them around an hour before this.
I'm glad I took them. The image was good and clear. OK maybe not as light as my normal Zeiss Conquest 8x42's perhaps but... I didn't have them for a direct comparison so who knows!
It was lovely to look across the fields, brown and stubbly after the crops were harvested, dark red soil against deep green hedges still in leaf meant a dark vista but the bins enabled me to simply take in the view. On the way back, looking at birds in an Oak tree still in full leaf, without the bins I'd have missed them.
In their case they fit into my fleece pocket. When using them I had the case strap over my shoulder, and carried them that way for a while. A bit odd you might think for 'pocket' bins but they are so light I simply didn't know they were there. I know when I've got my Zeiss's on my shoulder! Then when heading for home I popped them into my pocket and strode on...
As said, these are simply my observations after purchasing them, nothing technical. A 'users' first impressions.
You can glean all the technical stuff from websites and compare whatever to them.
This is just me saying I'm glad I took the plunge and bought them!
cheers
Q
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