I first want to say hello, to all the dear folks here enjoying the pleasures of birdwatching,naturewatching, and perhaps astronomy aswell.
I'm french (nobody is perfect!), hope you won't reject me because of that
I want to get a new set of Porro binoculars.
I wanted, due to friends advices and forums advices, to get a Nikon 8x32 SE. It seems it is the best optical porro ever made, even non waterproof.
But in France, it's not in stock on the shops, even internet shops. When it is, its like sold for 1 100 euros instead of a 700 euros if you order a non stocked pair. It seems they are not, anyway, delivered anymore to french shops ( i asked a delivery time, and sellers told me that after info, they can't have this model anymore :-().
So, i did forget about it... and thought about:
-Habicht 8x30 W (the last new models with recent coatings)
-Nikon 8x32HG (known as XL in the US?), but it will loose the charms of the 3D visual
-Nikon 8x32 Eii.
I will use this binoc for birding, nature observing, astro, town observation from far high hills.
Question is that im Hiking, and i want a robust model with great optics in the same time. And as i was told, the 8x32 Eii is kinda weak and fragile, + not waterproof.
Anyone tryed the last coated Habicht, and the 8x32 HG? How do they compare to Alphas prisms / porros ?