Binoculars – military, digital, field…

by Jonathon Peters

My wife bought me my first pair of Nikon monarch binoculars a couple of months ago, I was in love with them in minutes. I love going birdwatching, and needed a good pair of binoculars as my old ones just didn’t cut it any more. These binoculars feel really nice, they’re very well-balanced and weigh less than 700 g with the strap on. I’ve already managed to drop them a couple of times and they are not damaged yet.

Not long after I got them I took them with me for a Safari to Kenya, Africa.

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There are several things to remember when you are getting ready to purchase a pair of binoculars.

The numbers that are written after the binoculars name are very important. The first number is the amount of magnification the binocular has. The second number is the size of the optical lens. A binocular with the numbers 8X40 has a magnification of eight times and a lens size of 40mm. Although you can see objects that are farther away, binocular that have a magnification greater then ten start to loose image quality.

Binoculars that have lens that have a dark coating tend to withstand ..

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