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Re: Binos for Astronomy
05/12/08 04:11 PM
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Jim, I've had all kinds of binocs. My favorite by far are image stabilized Canon 10X42's. These are nice because they are relatively light compared to 80mm-100mm binocs so they can be hand held for reasonable periods of time. With the IS feature they are as good as tripod mounted. When you get into big straight through binocs, they need to be tripod mounted or with a parallel bar kind of mount. Still for looking towards the zenith it gets awkward. hand holding straight through binocs, especially something in the 80-100mm range gets tiring very quick, they are heavy!
There are astro binos that have 45 degree eyepiece offsets that are nice. These make it much more user friendly to view near the zenith.
I was pretty impressed with the Canon 10X30 IS binocs, they were running around $300. I was so impressed with the technology that I sent them back and got the 10X42 L series. Those are quite a bit more costly but the glass is excellent and they are waterproof. They are heavier than standard 8X40 type binocs because of the IS mechanism, but they are much easier to handle than 50mm+ binocs.
Also another thing Jim, there is a bino forum, if might get a little more traffic on it. If you would like me to move it, let me know.
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-Jim-
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