Dear fellow birders,
I seek your wise counsel yet again. After months of deliberation, I have narrowed down my choices to either Swift Audubon HHS 8.5x44 vs. Zeiss Conquest 8x40. But the local shops in New Haven dont carry either of these and I am not running into folks with these bins in my birding trips. So, could someone who has had the chance to compare these two side by side, suggest/advice on which one I should choose. I could in theory buy 2 Swifts for the price of 1 Zeiss. I dont in the end want to pay for the name Zeiss. I would really like to know if I am getting my moneys worth when it comes to the Conquest.
cheers
Vinod
Optics OK on Zeiss, see my note on Eye cups
http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=83092