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GlennLeDrew
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Reged: 06/18/08
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Re: best pair of handheld astro binoculars?
06/22/08 02:46 AM
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For hand holding, even 15X is on the high side; general recommendations state 10X is being the practical limit. But I've done binocular observing with 14X and 15X binos, although the view is always somewhat "shakey". But even simply bracing elbows on some support does improve this quite a bit.
I've looked through a couple of examples of the inexpensive 15X70 binos that have seemingly flooded the market, and have been favorably impressed with them, given their almost shockingly low prices. And for hand-holding, I don't know if any others of the same aperture are lighter. Quite a few names are stamped on basically the same model, so it's up to you to choose the vendor.
Or you could scour the web for a better quality, but used bino up for sale.
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Modified 26X100 bino, 3.5 deg. FOV
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