Re: [mou-net] Compact Binocular Advice Please

2024-03-06 Thread Dave Cunningham
p the view. You'll pay a little more for good glass but it's a lifetime purchase. Good Luck, Dave From: Minnesota Birds on behalf of Jerry Morrow Sent: Wednesday, March 6, 2024 3:33 PM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: Re: [mou-net] Compact Binocular Adv

Re: [mou-net] Compact Binocular Advice Please

2024-03-06 Thread Jerry Morrow
This is a very thorough review of compacts. https://www.cloudynights.com/BVD/Compacts-about-pockets-and-wallets.php > On 03/06/2024 10:06 AM CST Stephen Greenfield wrote: > > > I believe the best source of binocular information on the Internet, by far, > is allbinos.com. Unfortunately for

Re: [mou-net] Compact Binocular Advice Please

2024-03-06 Thread Stephen Greenfield
I believe the best source of binocular information on the Internet, by far, is allbinos.com. Unfortunately for this question, they don't have many extensive reviews of smaller binoculars; here the ranking table for the smallest binoculars they do, 8x32s:

Re: [mou-net] Compact Binocular Advice Please

2024-03-05 Thread Jean Rovelstad
I agree with Debra jene Collum. National CamerA Exchange is amazing. Great service, great advice, great listening. I replaced my small 1980s era Nikon last year and could not be happier. On Tue, Mar 5, 2024 at 1:19 PM Miller Johnson wrote: > Dear birders, > > I'm doing a bus tour in Italy

Re: [mou-net] Compact Binocular Advice Please

2024-03-05 Thread Michael Koutnik
Hi, The following is a link to a somewhat updated version of the Swarovski 8x25 binocs I've had for 8-10 years: https://www.swarovskioptik.com/us/en/hunting/products/binoculars/cl/cl-pocket/cl-pocket-8x25-ii They are light, fall easily around the neck, and are surprisingly bright and crisp for

[mou-net] Compact Binocular Advice Please

2024-03-05 Thread Miller Johnson
Dear birders, I'm doing a bus tour in Italy next month that will not be for birding, but I will have some free time most days. I normally carry my Swarovski 8.5x42 bins when I travel, but I think they'll just be too heavy for the amount of use I expect to get out of them on this trip. Do you