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stevecoe
Reged: 04/24/04
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Loc: Arizona, USA
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Re: Advantages of 10x50 over 8x42?
07/04/08 02:22 PM
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I find that I see just as much in my Orion Savanah 8X42's as I ever saw in my old 10X50 Pentax binoculars. I am 59 years old now and have some trouble holding heavy binoculars steady, I am certain that is part of it--dammit. Another is the fact that I bought my Pentax binoculars in Hong Kong in 1974. They dove to the cement five years ago and I got the 8X42's after using a friends. I have never regretted that purchase. So, I have tried a few modern 10X50's and realized that I saw about the same view with the 8X42's. For my eye there is little difference. It does seem to take something like a 15X70 to make that "Wow" kinda difference.
I would be interested to hear a report once you decide what you are going to buy.
Clear skies;
Steve Coe
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80mmED 3" f/7.5 Orion Refractor
Author "Deep Sky Observing" Springer-Verlag
Author "Nebulae and How to Observe Them" Springer
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