Hi all,
The ideal Bins for a child would be ...
a 7X30,robust ,water proof ,lite, have wide FOV , minimal IPD of 54mm,
Sharp as the nikon E2 and cost about 200$.
Well,I haven't found that Bin yet.
I have thought about three Bins that looks interesting ,
all are fairly sharp and lite and have minimal IPD of 55mm or less, but have some weakness.
Leopold wind river katmai 6X32
Nikon E2 8X30
Zeiss conquest 8X30
Would appreciate your opinion and suggestions
Sassi
[QUOTE=sasi_yaad]Hi all,
The ideal Bins for a child would be ...
a 7X30,robust ,water proof ,lite, have wide FOV , minimal IPD of 54mm,
Sharp as the nikon E2 and cost about 200$.
Well,I haven't found that Bin yet.
I have thought about three Bins that looks interesting ,
all are fairly sharp and lite and have minimal IPD of 55mm or less, but have some weakness.
Leopold wind river katmai 6X32
Nikon E2 8X30
Zeiss conquest 8X30
Would appreciate your opinion and suggestions
Sassi[/QUOTE]
My 6 year old daugther uses the Nikon E2 8X30, and she would not trade for anything.
As a former group leader with the Wildlife Explorer and Phoenix sections of the RSPB I found that monoculars were the easiest for young children, 5-8yr old, moving to low mag 7x or 8x compacts as they got older. Normal porro prisms tend to be too big for them to grasp properly until about 11yr or more.
We never gave any of the groups magnification greater than 8x, the field of view with the higher mags too narrow so a lot of the kids could find the birds easily.