Thread: leupold Yosemite what do you use

I bought a pair of Leupold Yosemite 6x30 recently, second hand, from Trademe. Have not used them hunting yet. I expect them to be good for the bush. There is nothing else on the market in 6x that comes close to these bins unless you want to go much higher in cost (I think there is a 6.5x Vortex bin next up the scale). There is a lot of information in the birdwatcher websites about the Yosemite 6x30 and the clones of this design which has been around for some time, selling successfully under various names. I don't expect the 6x30 to be successful for glassing the tops. I found that 7x42 Swarovski to be too low in magnification for tops, for my older eyes. There seem to be a few 8x30 Yosemites on Trademe but only rarely does the 6x30 turn up. I find the smaller bins, like the 8x25 just too small for comfortable glassing. They seem to need perfect eye/binocular alignment which does not usually happen in the field.