Hi all. Was wondering if anyone uses a Monocular for bird watching? I know that Binoculars are preferable however i carry a big camera set up and i would like a Monocular that could fit in my pocket while i carry my camera! Any thoughts are appreciated!
I bought a little wide angle 6x30 monocular for grins but I never use it for the same reason I prefer my binoculars to my spotting scope, even though my spotting scope gives somewhat clear images up to 75x in very good viewing conditions. I'd usually rather use my 8.5x bins. If I was really loaded I'd trade in my scope for some really good astronomy binoculars. Really good ones. The panoramic views are wonderful. You just don't get that with a monocular.
A relative of mine uses the vortex 8x36 to success. Vision issues preclude bino use.
She doesnt go for extended periods though. Its neat, but i prefered the little excursions 8x28 after an hour of back and forth.