Guess I'm jealous of a phone that takes pics(especially through the binos) that good, too!
first day out of the house with the new helios apollo 15x70 binoculars. spent an hour at porthpean beach in cornwall looking out over the bay. the weather was very good today just a little chilly though so we (my girlfriend and i) decided to pop out for a bit and test my bins out.
i did manage to snap a few pics through them with my mobile phone camera see pics below.
first thing worth commenting on is the centre field, it is very sharp and colour is spot on with excellent contrast. independent focus isnt so bad and only needed slight adjustment to get a good focus between 75m and infinity, CA is present when viewing the cliff tops against the sky but not bad at 15x, i didnt really notice it any other time.
laura spotted a couple of oystercatchers on the rocks to our right about 150m distant and i managed to snap a few quick pics but the cold made it difficult to hold the camera steady and there a little fuzzy.
it would have been nice to have had a higher vantage point and been able to see the large boats further out to see, as it was you could make out a few masts only.
no sign of any seals today but they have been spotted basking on the rocks. caught sighting of a couple of kestrals on the cliffs and trees around the cove and a flock of cormorants way off in the distance basking.
anyway heres a few pics.
just a few more pics of my partner laura, views and the bins
That's beautiful. I'm jealous of that scenery
Guess I'm jealous of a phone that takes pics(especially through the binos) that good, too!