CN FORUMS ARCHIVE Telescope Reviews: Great deal on some Meade binos

Well I finally decided to get these. Very good deal. I like the black color of the rubber armoring. This 7x42 Montanas has a big Field of View, given at 8 degrees. I thought the apparent field of view would seem less because if the 7x magnification. I looked through these and immediately, I thought it was a "deep drink of water." A lot came to me through those eyepieces. I did not expect to have such a good size view. The clear area was at least 50 percent in the center, maybe even 60 percent. The outer area was slightly out of focus. I took these to the zoo. It was a clear day, and really too much sun for this 6mm exit pupil. (I know that I have not measured the exit pupil yet. More to do...) I tried to focus in the outer field of the view, and did have some success. However, I did not clear it up completely.
Panning around did not make me queasy, just that my eye falls on the unsharp area and makes me feel like I need to focus, before I really need to. Only once I saw some chromatic fringing. I was about 60 yards from a white swan, and I noticed that one side of the neck had a green fringe, the other side red. This is the only time it showed up to me. I am not really used to roof binoculars. They focus quicker than I expect, and require more focusing at different depths. Still, it did the job.
This bino is smaller but it is medium size. It is not a compact, small bino to me. It is 6 inches long with the hard plastic eyecups extended. It is two pounds - almost. It feels relatively dense, heavy in the hand. I had wished I had put them on a bino harness. The thin strap that came with the binocular I wished was a bit wider. The diopter adjustment of the right eye was on the center focusing mechanism. It worked okay. It did not seem to give a whole lot of leeway, but it always did bring both eyes to focus.

The hard eyecups tubes seem to work very well. They clicked in the fartherest extension. They had a mostly tight fit so they seemed to stay in place at intermediate places too. The full extension seemed perfect for me since I do not use eyeglasses. They do have a small bit of wing, to block the light from the side. However, light did penetrate from the side and caused some light artifacts in my view. I tried looking at objects near reflections of the sun to see how well baffled the binoculars were. They did perform very well that way. I did not see odd light in the view.
This is my first report, so it will be interesting to hear others correct me.

The larger exit pupil roof bino is not a popular specification. Most roof binoculars have 5 or less exit pupil. There are representatives though many different brands. I do enjoy them!

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