Hello everybody,
after so many frustrating times when, driving my car, I spot an unusual bird, stop and stare but the subject is too far away, I decided to buy a pair of small bins to keep always in my car.
They shouldn't be too large (I already own a pair of 7x42), preferably rubber-coated and hopefully not so expensive ... I've checked a few models, but options available are way too many and choice is getting hard
Any advice re. brand, model, magnification etc. will be welcome!
Thank you very much,
Max
Nikon has smallish porros, 8x25, in the Travelite series. The waterproof version has better eye cups. Other reverse porros also available in most brands, 8x25, and there is a small 8x25 Opticron many people like, Taiga, cost some 90 pounds in UK. Someone else should describe it. There may be a few 7x25 models somewhere. Bushnell? Eagle Optics lists a few 7x18 cheap pairs, should be available in Europe under some name, but they are roof prisms. Porros are better in optics in the cheap end.
Pentax has a 6.5x21 Papilio, about 120-130 dollars here.
Olympus do the DPC 8x21 model, which can be had very cheaply, for about £20-£30 (or local equivalent). They are an excellent quality low cost pair of bins, I have a pair that live in the car and produce some very good quality images for a pair of compact binoculars.