Cameras and Lenses
which compacts - yet again!
Hello everyone
I know this question has been asked before but I still can't make a decision.
Need a pair of lightweight binoculars for around £100. Do lots of walking and need something I can carry easily and unobtrusively. I already have an old pair of Opticron 8x42 but never take them with me as they are just too big and too heavy.
At present am leaning towards Bausch & Lomb Legacy 8x24, Bushnell H20 8x24, Nikon Travelite 8x25.
Any information on pluses and minuses on the above (or others) would be greatly appreciated.
I know the Summit 8x26MR has been recommended on the forum in the past but I just cannot find anywhere in the UK which seems to sell this binocular. If anyone can point me in the direction of a supplier for the Summit I would be interested in this also.
Thanks in advance
My wife uses a pair of Pentax - but I can't get used to them myself (such big hands). That said, they are fine! Surely though you would be better to get yourself off to In Focus or somesuch top retailer and try a few out?
The Summit 8x26MR still apparently available:
http://www.wwt.org.uk/shop/catalogue.asp?CatID=81
http://www.castlecameras.co.uk/acat...oculars_75.html
http://www.mifsuds.co.uk/acatalog/S...Binoculars.html
And a now sold item on ebay :
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....item=3291999854
This was the second Summit this vendor sold; I got the first for a bit less 
"carry easily and unobtrusively" : does that mean around neck, in a pocket? As am sure you're aware, a lot of reverse porros like the Nikon Travelite might be a bit bulky for a pocket. Actually was thinking of a shirt pocket; nothing to do with Mae West... Speaking of Mae West, are you looking for something well built. How weatherproof? Or do you intend wearing around neck all the time.
Not highly regarded as a review here I believe, but perhaps useful for containing list of things to consider; including that all important "dangle factor" :
http://www.birdwatching.com/optics/...rosandcons.html
If can try before buy, really should. Compacts are probably even trickier to buy unseen than full-size; unless less than ten quid is at stake...