I'm looking for a pair of lightweight porro's to give somebody as a birthday present.
Whilst I realise they're seriously unfashionable surely there must be something out there apart from the Nikon E II and SE that will give a reasonable performance.
The Opticron SR GA 8x32 sound like a possible and at sub £160 good value for money. The binoculars are to be used primarily as a walkabout pair. The owner has another pair of larger Swift Audubon porro's which are great for use in a hide however climbing up and down mountains with them is a bit too much. Compacts eg. Nikon Travelites are out due to the limited depth of field and narrow field of view.
Suggestions welcome - please!
Thanks
Warehouse Express have Opticron TGA 8x32 at £69 which sounds great value. I have used the 8x42 TGA WP and they are great. Not sure if the ones on offer are the waterproof version though.
I havent tried them but the 8x40 Nikon Actions look a great buy for £49 in warehouse express as well.