In 2018, Kowa came out with a new 55mm Prominar travel scope. See how we like it compared to the 95mm Swarovski ATX scope. With a 99mm objective lens, this is the biggest Kowa spotting scope. That put Kowa Prominar scopes in the top tier of birding optics. The fluorite crystal objective lens and the fine engineeering Hands-on Review ~ Kowa's new high-end spotting scope embodies We did a careful side-by-side comparison, and here is what we found. Its nearest competitor would the slightly smaller Swarovski CL Companion in 8x30 and 10x30. It is a qualitative step up for many birders as they get more serious about birding.Ī high-quality 32mm-sized binocular in the $1000 price range seems hard to find. However, like the Victory SF line, it is hand made in Germany by a small team of skilled European technicians.

It costs less than half as much as the legendary Zeiss Victory SF binoculars. This is Zeiss's middle tier of the three lines of Zeiss binoculas. We compared the new and old HD 8x42 Diamondbacks side by side. But they say 'HD,' indicating higher quality optical glass. Hands-on Review ~ New in 2019, Vortex's Diamondback looks like the olderr version. The Leica Noctivid excels by its size and weight. It's hard to see a difference in the view of a bird in the treetop. Hands-on Review ~ When you look at the pinnacle of binocular optics Ranging from top of the field to the super-economical. Read this report on which are the best buys among 13 mid-sized binoculars, Hands-on Review ~ We review mid-sized binoculars that you'll always want to take along.īecause they're bright and clear but smallish and light in weight.

In her hands! How it fit against her eyes! Hands-on Review ~ It knocked her socks off when Diane first looked through a Zeiss Victory SF binocular in 2015. It's even smaller than the traditional 8x25 and 10x25 Swarovski pockets. Hands-on Review ~ Swarovski has extended their legendary optics with a tiny new pocket binocular, the Curio 7x21. It has the widest field of view of any top binocular. We've never seen a binocular with a shape quite like the NL Pure. It seems it was made to fit your hand. Hands-on Review ~ It's stunning from the moment you meet it. We compare its pros and cons with other high-end binoculars. Hands-on Review ~ It seems that Zeiss has landed in a sweet spot with the new SFL binocular.

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