Hello Bob I don't have these. But I do have two older pairs of Asahi Pentax bins: 9x30 and 8x40. Both quite old (1995, 1975). And both excellent. I have bought both of them used and payed only 50-100 USD for each pair. I believe 8 times enlargement is perhaps often not quite enough for bird watching (usually they are 8-12 times). I also believe that 9 -10 times is about the limit for what you can hold steady enough by hand alone. I also belive 42mm binoculars are often too heavy/bulky for walking or for the camera bag. I believ my 9x30 are just about perfect :-) Perhaps you should go for something like 8x33 or 8x36.
I guess dedicated birding bins are very expensive, but do they have to be dedicated? Mine arent.. http://www.pentaxsportoptics.com/?utm_source=www.pentaximaging.com&utm_mediu m=web&utm_campaign=cross-link Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 Skype: jensbladt248 -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af Bob W Sendt: 30. december 2006 02:02 Til: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Emne: Bins This must be some kind of first for this millennium - an on-topic post about Pentax equipment which is neither photographic nor endoscopic. I am thinking about buying some birding binoculars. I am not a bird-watcher, but I do enjoy looking at them when I go on jaunts at the weekends, particularly around the Thames Estuary, and I'd like to be able to look at them a bit more closely. My understanding of birding binoculars is that they should be about 8x42, focus quickly to less than 2 metres, preferably be reasonably waterproof and bumpproof, and lightweight. I already have an old pair of Pentax field glasses, but I think they were designed for watching tanks attack Stalingrad, and they are not suitable for my needs. The spec for birding binoculars seems to make them quite expensive in general, but Pentax look as though they produce something which gives relatively good bang:buck http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pentax-8X42-DCF-WP-Binoculars/dp/B000070GS8 Do any of you have these, and would like to comment? Any others I should consider? Thanks, Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.16.0/609 - Release Date: 12/29/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.16.0/610 - Release Date: 12/30/2006 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
