Telescope Reviews: Re: First Pair

Hello again Sabir !

To enable the good people here to help you in this difficult decision , I think you need to decide for yourself , then disclose to us , whether or not you intend to HAND - HOLD these " first binoculars " !

For example , in your last post , you mentioned the Fujinon 10 x 70 -- which , superb as I'm sure it must be , in it's class , is NOT a thing anyone would want to be holding in their hands every day and night of the week !!

As wonderful an instrument as I'm sure it must be , for astronomy , under very dark skies , tripod mounted , it is a rather SPECIALISED instrument , and certainly not one you would want to be carrying around your neck in the daytime for a spot of spontaneous bird watching , for example .

You say your intentions are 80% for astronomy -- for which I happen to regard Individual Focusing ( I.F ) a GOOD thing -- but again , bear in mind that MOST 10x I.F. binoculars also tend to be on the HEAVY side -- and not really designed for hand - held use .

At risk of apparant contradiction , however , I only have one set of I.F binoculars , which happen NOT to be TOO heavy for hand - held use , and also happen to have a TRUE field of view ( 7.2 degrees ) wide enough so as not to easily " get lost " under the stars .

I wrote a review of it , which contained a few points about the I.F function which you may find of interest .

You can see the review here :

http://www.cloudynights.com/item.php?item_id=1633

Good luck !
Kenny

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Two eyes and a preference to use both

Zeiss 7 x 42 BGAT
Captain's Helmsman 7 x 50
Nikon 10 x 42 Superior E
Swift Audubon Kestrel 10 x 50
Helios 15 x 70 Observation
Strathspey 20 x 90
Televue 76 APO
Zeiss 85 Diascope
Helios 102 f5 refractor
Various eyepieces barlows tripods mounts etc.
Panasonic Lumix DMC - TZ5 digital camera

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