Telescope Reviews: Re: Fujinon 10x50 FMT-SX mini review

Hi Kenny,it's not much of a review i know! although a scientist by profession i know very little about optics except what i've managed to glean from this site.I'm always surprised by how un-scientific my posts read!

As for the North America nebula, well it was just barely detectable. Having seen it before in 16x70's made knowing exactly where and how to look easier I think. And although the moon was rising and we are near the solstice, it was very transparent air last night. I find any humidity in the air kills your chances of seeing this object.

As for daytime, they are wonderful binoculars. Probably should have mentioned in my review how well they perform by day. To me they appear very very sharp across the entire field. I think a bino that shows stars the way that it does (point like out to 90% + of the field) will appear almost perfect during the day, and so it is with these.At dusk last night i had some wonderful views across the peak district (near Parwich if you're interested), very bright, with good detail recognition given the low light.

There doesn't seem to be any false colour, and eye relief seems good - i know that is important for you Kenny. I'm fortunate to be able to disregard eye relief really as i don't wear glasses and i prefer to make contact with the binocular.Shoving my eyes into the oculars makes me feel more connected with the sky somehow.I saw no ghost images of the moon either no matter where i looked, but perhaps some sensitivity to stray light.

And i'm the same with those brain teasers - just can't see 'em!

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Clear skies

Rich

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