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CESDewar
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Re: Some tid-bits obout the 2.3x40 Owl eyes
      06/20/08 10:35 PM

I bought a pair of these, largely on a whim, because they seemed unusual and interesting.

I actually find them quite useful on nights of really poor transparency or when the moon is out. I am so used to 6+ mag skies that I uhhh get a bit disoriented when I can't even quickly pick out the Hercules keystone. But with these binoculars, you pick up at some two magnitudes or so - enough to quickly re-orient. I often position my scopes with a Green laser, and a quick view throuh these binoculars makes it possible to more accurately position the laser.

Anyway, as I mentioned about the Miyauchi 5x32's, these are very specialized binoculars - not a second or even third pair, but for us binoholics on this forum, definitely a fun addition.

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* Some tid-bits obout the 2.3x40 Owl eyes GlennLeDrew 06/19/08 09:20 PM
. * Re: Some tid-bits obout the 2.3x40 Owl eyes Vincent33   06/20/08 05:10 AM
. * Re: Some tid-bits obout the 2.3x40 Owl eyes holger_merlitz   06/20/08 07:16 AM
. * Re: Some tid-bits obout the 2.3x40 Owl eyes StarStuff1   06/20/08 05:59 PM
. * Re: Some tid-bits obout the 2.3x40 Owl eyes GlennLeDrew   06/20/08 07:28 PM
. * Re: Some tid-bits obout the 2.3x40 Owl eyes Swedpat   06/20/08 07:39 PM
. * Re: Some tid-bits obout the 2.3x40 Owl eyes CESDewar   06/20/08 10:35 PM
. * Re: Some tid-bits obout the 2.3x40 Owl eyes GlennLeDrew   06/21/08 09:45 PM
. * Re: Some tid-bits obout the 2.3x40 Owl eyes Vincent33   06/22/08 01:32 AM
. * Re: Some tid-bits obout the 2.3x40 Owl eyes Swedpat   06/22/08 05:14 AM
. * Re: Some tid-bits obout the 2.3x40 Owl eyes Vincent33   06/22/08 11:07 AM
. * Re: Some tid-bits obout the 2.3x40 Owl eyes KennyJ   06/22/08 07:41 AM
. * Re: Some tid-bits obout the 2.3x40 Owl eyes Wes James   06/26/08 08:09 AM
. * Re: Some tid-bits obout the 2.3x40 Owl eyes KerryR   06/26/08 11:08 AM
. * Re: Some tid-bits obout the 2.3x40 Owl eyes GlennLeDrew   06/26/08 06:43 PM
. * Re: Some tid-bits obout the 2.3x40 Owl eyes KerryR   06/27/08 11:17 AM
. * Re: Some tid-bits obout the 2.3x40 Owl eyes GlennLeDrew   06/27/08 07:07 PM
. * Re: Some tid-bits obout the 2.3x40 Owl eyes KerryR   07/01/08 11:10 AM
. * Re: Some tid-bits obout the 2.3x40 Owl eyes Swedpat   07/07/08 09:52 AM
. * Re: Some tid-bits obout the 2.3x40 Owl eyes Swedpat   06/22/08 08:58 AM
. * Re: Some tid-bits obout the 2.3x40 Owl eyes StarStuff1   06/22/08 10:04 AM
. * Re: Some tid-bits obout the 2.3x40 Owl eyes Swedpat   06/22/08 10:25 AM
. * Re: Some tid-bits obout the 2.3x40 Owl eyes davidmcgo   06/22/08 01:19 PM
. * Re: Some tid-bits obout the 2.3x40 Owl eyes GlennLeDrew   06/22/08 06:52 PM
. * Re: Some tid-bits obout the 2.3x40 Owl eyes davidmcgo   06/22/08 09:12 PM
. * Re: Some tid-bits obout the 2.3x40 Owl eyes holger_merlitz   06/26/08 05:06 AM
. * Re: Some tid-bits obout the 2.3x40 Owl eyes KennyJ   06/26/08 07:08 AM
. * Re: Some tid-bits obout the 2.3x40 Owl eyes Swedpat   06/22/08 10:40 AM
. * Re: Some tid-bits obout the 2.3x40 Owl eyes KennyJ   06/22/08 10:19 AM
. * Re: Some tid-bits obout the 2.3x40 Owl eyes StarStuff1   06/20/08 07:34 PM

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