Halina - BirdForum Hi solium, Halina is not noted for high quality I think the name may originally have Australian roots with products made in places like Hong Kong Presumably the 8×30 Discovery is a normal Porro prism binocular, possibly partly single coated, maybe 1960s or 1970s If you could post some photographs it would help
BUSHNELL SPORTVIEW 7x35 - BirdForum SportView is a venerable brand used by Bushnell for decades There have been many different SportViews over the years (dozens, probably), likely from many different manufacturers
Kowa BD II 10x42 XD Optical Tests - BirdForum I borrowed a friend’s newly purchased Kowa BD II 10x42 XD and ran some of my usual tests Here are the results FOV, AFOV For comparison I used a Nikon 10x35 EII with a FOV I’ve measured to be 7º at infinity focus The FOV of the Kowa 10x42 was very slightly smaller, perhaps around 6 95º, a
SVBONY SA205 Review - BirdForum SVBONY is a relative new-comer to the sport optics game having built up their reputation as a direct-to-consumer Chinese telescope gear company Their SV202 model has been rather polarizing here boasting ED glass and dielectric prisms at a price far below what one would pay for these features I
GPO Spectra 8x32 impressions - BirdForum As I posted in the Binocular Bargains thread, a few days ago Amazon has a random sale of this model for only $179 In theory, the only difference between the Spectra and Passion ED is the type of glass used in the objective (the Passion ED supposedly has better extra-low dispersion glass)
Kowa - BirdForum Have you compared the best Kowa (Genesis Prominar XD) side by side against the best Leica (Noctivid), Swarovski (NL Pure EL) and Zeiss (Victory SF)?
Hawke Nature Trek Spotting Scope 22-67 x 100 telescope can anybody give me the thumbs up on this particular scope, Hawke Nature Trek Spotting Scope 22-67 x 100 telescope the good and bad points, never owned a scope before, but looked through a few, so i would say anyone would be ok to start off with, look forward to your comments
Albatross SHR 8x42 ED - BirdForum The the top model of the Bynolyt brand, the Albatross SHR 8x42 ED roof Renewd model Brand: Bynolyt