Binoculars

[Tonyz]

want to get some decent power binoculars but after looking at epay most of their stuff looks just that cr** stuff. Ideas and suggestions always welcome. want something with grunt but not all the extras.
Tonz

[Cliff Rogers]

G'day.

What sort of use?

Day time, night time...

Birds, stars, boats, sports, girls.

I have a set of Gerber DLX/Astro 9 x 63 with a 5° Field of view.

Good for light grabbing for night work but not much good for looking at a full moon... too bloody bright. Maybe better with a filter.

I also find them a little bit front heavy so they aren't balanced when you hold them at the grips, much better if you hold them a bit forward of the grips.
Closest you can be to the object & still get sharp focus is 10M.

[Wood Borer]

want something with grunt but not all the extras.

Grunt is OK but unless his dog cleans his teeth, it can be a bit challenging on the nose so I can understand why you don't want all the extras - grunt and mutt but no plaque.

I agree with Cliff, you will need to figure out what you will be using them for. One example is if you want to use them on a boat, binoculars with a high magnification give you nothing but a blurr.

On the other hand, if you are going to mount them on a tripod to look at some fantastic view, the higher magnification ones are great. I think some are more rugged than others if they are likely to be bumped about for example if you are bush walking or four wheel driving but you will pay for the ruggedness.

[Iain]

Good for light grabbing for night work but not much good for looking at a full moon... too bloody bright. Maybe better with a filter.

There is a moon filter Cliff, fair dinkum, for those telescopic types who don't wamt to burn their retina's.
Apart from that there are so many brands on the market but a lot of the big names in cameras have them such as Pentax, Minolta etc, I have a set of compact Tasco Golden Antler 7x50s which I find are a good all rounder for general perving and looking for rising trout type work.
Tasco have a number of ranges depending upon your budget, Golden Antler are a good clean set of glasses.

[floobyduster]

I seem to remember being told a long time ago that if you want a good bright pair of binoculars you divide the big number by the small number and it should be close to 5 which is the size of your pupil. e.g. 7 x 35 or 8 x 40

For lots of good info check out http://www.opticsplanet.net/how-to-buy-binoculars.html

[Tonyz]

Cliff I was going to answer your Q but then Iain & Floobydustrr have given the answers Iam looking for thanks guys, back to EBay
Tony

[kkperth]

If you are looking for some larger binoculars check these out.

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homep...tledge/tm2.htm
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Cafe/7068/017side7.jpg
http://www.foothill.net/~sayre/Binocular.htm
http://hometown.aol.com/davetrott/page4.htm
http://www.waynesthisandthat.com/telescop.htm

One of these may be the ticket, though on the downside they are not really the right size for the glove box in the car!