Any Binocular Reviews?

On Saturday, February 21, 1998 9:00:00 AM UTC+1, Matthew Wiggins wrote:
I'm looking at buying a pair of binoculars for astronomy (probably 7x50 or
8x56) and I was wondering if anybody knew of any websites with reviews of
bins on them. Any help or opinions would be greatly appreciate.

Thanks in advance

Wiggo

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Try http://www.bestbinocularsreviews.com there is a section on Astro Bins

On 06/10/2012 14:35, wrote:
On Saturday, February 21, 1998 9:00:00 AM UTC+1, Matthew Wiggins wrote:

I'm looking at buying a pair of binoculars for astronomy (probably 7x50 or
8x56) and I was wondering if anybody knew of any websites with reviews of
bins on them. Any help or opinions would be greatly appreciate.

Thanks in advance

Wiggo

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Try http://www.bestbinocularsreviews.com there is a section on Astro Bins

Unless you are fairly young you may find that the 7mm exit pupil is a
disadvantage with 7x50's and that you are in effect really using 7x40's
but paying extra and carrying more weight around as a result.

Higher magnification also makes the sky appear darker and I reckon
10x50's are a pretty good compromise for a first pair of binoculars.
(usable as well for bird watching if you choose wisely)

Binoculars are rather personal items and you really need to handle them
to see if they feel right in *your* hands and comfortable for you to
use. It is no earthly good buying binoculars that experts review as 5*
quality if they are impossible for *you* to hold comfortably.

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Regards,
Martin Brown

On Sat, 6 Oct 2012 06:35:02 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Saturday, February 21, 1998 9:00:00 AM UTC+1, Matthew Wiggins wrote:
I'm looking at buying a pair of binoculars for astronomy (probably 7x50 or
8x56) and I was wondering if anybody knew of any websites with reviews of
bins on them. Any help or opinions would be greatly appreciate.

Thanks in advance

Wiggo

(Please reply to the newsgroup)

Try http://www.bestbinocularsreviews.com there is a section on Astro Bins

We are maybe a little late answering this question maybe?
1998 hmmm.....?

Bjørn

Den lørdag den 6. oktober 2012 17.27.10 UTC+2 skrev Martin Brown:

Binoculars are rather personal items and you really need to handle them

to see if they feel right in *your* hands and comfortable for you to

use. It is no earthly good buying binoculars that experts review as 5*

quality if they are impossible for *you* to hold comfortably.


Martin Brown

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Let's be careful out there, people!