We have the Pentax 10X42 DCF HR II. I haven't compared Pentax -to- Pentax binoculars, but the the model we got is quite good.
A friend had asked me about binoculars several years back. I told him about these, not trying to sway him. He bought a $35 pair of department store binoculars instead. When visiting he picked up ours, looked out the window, and said "Wow". We use them all the time for bird watching. Close focus distance is further than what you've stated, but so are the birds usually. Tom C. >From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <pdml@pdml.net> >Subject: Bins >Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:02:07 -0000 > >This must be some kind of first for this millennium - an on-topic post >about Pentax equipment which is neither photographic nor endoscopic. > >I am thinking about buying some birding binoculars. I am not a >bird-watcher, but I do enjoy looking at them when I go on jaunts at >the weekends, particularly around the Thames Estuary, and I'd like to >be able to look at them a bit more closely. My understanding of >birding binoculars is that they should be about 8x42, focus quickly to >less than 2 metres, preferably be reasonably waterproof and bumpproof, >and lightweight. > >I already have an old pair of Pentax field glasses, but I think they >were designed for watching tanks attack Stalingrad, and they are not >suitable for my needs. > >The spec for birding binoculars seems to make them quite expensive in >general, but Pentax look as though they produce something which gives >relatively good bang:buck >http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pentax-8X42-DCF-WP-Binoculars/dp/B000070GS8 > >Do any of you have these, and would like to comment? Any others I >should consider? > >Thanks, >Bob > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >PDML@pdml.net >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
