Cheaper still, ex military with very good write ups, IOR 7x40.
Atb, ft
Edit: I have just remembered reading about a new set of porro prism bino's (like the old tank commander ones) that Minox are doing. According to the "experts" it is harder to make modern roof prisms as effective as porro prism, although roof prism's are much nicer to handle. So Minox have come up with a new pair of Porro's that out perform their roof ones. I will try and find the link. http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website/content/view/223/42/
It's a slow day and i have just been trolling through about binoculars and light transmission %'s of various Bino's, and found this;
Fully coated lense binoculars can increase light transmission from 50% to around 80 - 85% which is now the norm for low cost binoculars. If you want something a bit more special that will increase light transmission to 95% or above then you want to go for fully multi coated lense binoculars and, for extra durability and advance quality viewing, take a look at the exclusive coatings offered by some of the top manufacturers. Bushnell Elite binoculars come with Bushnell's exclusive XTR technology (60 layers of coatings on each prism) which delivers 99.73% light transmission per lense.
I have a pair of Minox, excellent. Depending on how much you want to spend, although looked upon as the lower end of the market some of the Hawke range by Deben are very good value.
Ahhh well some years ago now I brought a pair of Viking 8x45 Roof prism binos from a RSPB reserve shop. They have of course upgraded and changed their line up since then as this must have been back in about 1997/8.
However they have served me very well and the later models have the now standard twist down eyecups ratehr than the fold down ones of back then. I believe the twist down cups had just come into use with Swaroski etc.
here are their offerings as of now in their online shop:-
Minox +4 the 4 are for the 3 other guys on my syndicate that brought a pair after looking though mine, two of them got rid of Ziess bin's to go for the Minox's.
Minox +4 the 4 are for the 3 other guys on my syndicate that brought a pair after looking though mine, two of them got rid of Ziess bin's to go for the Minox's.
Hi I have the HG 8.5X43, to be fair the two lads with Ziess bin's were impressed with the lack of weight while having no perceptible lost in optical quality, although one guy was using 7X50 bins.
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