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ronharper
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Re: First Pair
05/26/08 01:43 AM
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Sabir,
I had a 10x50 with a 5 degree field, like the Pentax you are considering. It is easy to get lost in the sky with a field that narrow. A 10x50 is so powerful that it will show very many more stars than you can see naked eye, and with such a narrow field it's harder to relate the very bright stars that serve as "signposts" to where you are looking, so you won't know where you are are half the time. If you really want the depth of a 10x50, I would recommend the larger field of the AE over the better field correction of the Pentax for that reason.
But Kenny is right about the 8x40 size as the ideal all round binocular. If my only pursuit was astronomy, and my only instrument was a binocular, I'd choose a 10x50. But as a "complement to the scope" the 8x40 would go sufficiently deep to provide good alternative views of very dispersed objects, and the wide field would be easier to use. For terrestial use, the 8x40 would be handy and quick, whereas a 10x50 seems big, heavy, and cumbersome.
Ron
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