Well said on any being a compromise.
Nice Glass I use is a old Bureau of Ships deck binocular made by B&L. 7x50 no fancy coatings but low light it performs very well. Heavy absorbs vibration and 7 power is real easy on your eyes scanning. Its the 50 mm objective lens that makes it so good low light. Best I have ever looked through is Swarovski 8x56 with HD glass. You would not want to carry either hunting unless somebody else was carrying your gun for you.
One I use the most is a Swarovski 7x30 good compromise, size weight & resolution, with the smaller 8x20 Swarovski when real small is a better choice one reason or another.
Compact more you spend better they are is a good rule of thumb.
Other thing that's true is don't pay attention to what bird watchers use. Identify something fairly close, located by somebody else, and move on, they never look long at anything, makes no sense to me. Seems if somebody likes birds they ought to watch them for a while.
Boats
Last edited by Boats; 03/27/15 04:51 PM.
