Binoculars - kind of on topic :)

Hi Mike

I bought the wife/cook a set of Bushnell Perma Focus Binoculars
for her birthday, she is mad keen on looking at wild life ect.

You just put them up to your eyes and they auto focus.
She given me her old ones 1976 model.

Cheers
Daza

I have never owned a pair and after every trip I say I and going to get a pair.
I have used the self focusing ones they are pretty snazzy but I think expensive.

All the best
Eric

Mine are Tasco 7 x 50mm. Were worth around $350.

Worked fine until the neice dropped them off the ironing board. Now they rattle and I'm too embaressed to take them outside. :((

I've got a pair of Carl Zeiss Jena (East Germany) 8X30 ones I've had for years, very nice but I wish I'd got the ones from Obercochen (West Germany) as these are the best you can get along with Leitz of course.
Regards Andrew.

We use a couple of cheap ones we were sent for renewing a magazine subscription. Not the flashest in the camp ground but they are good enough for us. But then the handbrake hasn't used a good pair so when that happens I'll be ready.
Thanks Mike

Gaz.

I had a good shop around after my last pair were stolen out of my Cruiser while recovering a strangers 4wd from a bog.....not happy !

Anyway i was going to buy the auto ones but apparently if your eye sight isnt 100% the viewing isn't as good as it could be. (so i was told)

Ended up settling on a Nikon Action 10x50 & absolutely love it.

If your in the market for one consider a Nikon.

Mike ,

I have a bino fetish . I love really good binos and when I go bush I am always peering through them at mountains or animals . I always have a pair in my pack , no matter where I am off to .

My latest purchase was a pair of Canon 18 x 50 Image Stabilized . I had to buy them on the net from the US as Canon Aust will not stock them . It is impossible to look through binos of this power without a rest , but when you hit the power button on these , everything is rock steady . They are heavy and bulky though - definitely not one to slip into the day pack !

I think you have picked the best all rounder in an 8 x 50 and if the lenses are good , you have a bargan .

Happy peering ,

Willie .

Our Tasco are a bit bulky and heavy to take up the mountain with the camera, water, lunch etc, so i got a cheap pair from eBay. They aren't quite the same quality, but are small and light, and still help enhance the view. Paid around $20 i think.

Motherhen

Gee my 8x50 that live in the ute are around 25 years old and now that you mention it they don't seem to be very clear...bugga...more money I have to spend

I have a pair of Bausch & Lomb with the date 1943 stamped on them. I bought them at an auction of military equipment 45 years ago. They have travelled many miles, are exremely rugged and will see me out. Every now and again I clean them and find I can see better. Like many old things they are good.

i have these...best thingi ever did was to buy good quality optics eye fatigue is now not a problem when using for long periods

you can get them cheaper than the price shown on that site