Thread: New set of binos

Originally Posted by 223nut

Went with leupolds and fairly happy, might lose thelast 10Min of light vs lots more money

I was using my Geovids in the weekend, with thick cloud cover and a half moon I could still see deer at 200m and at 560m (range finder works well at night) I could count individual sheep. For comparison my Zeiss Conquest scope couldnt see shit at 50m.

Edit: for clarity, this was at 8pm

Originally Posted by Timmay

I was using my Geovids in the weekend, with thick cloud cover and a half moon I could still see deer at 200m and at 560m (range finder works well at night) I could count individual sheep. For comparison my Zeiss Conquest scope couldnt see shit at 50m.

Edit: for clarity, this was at 8pm

Not sure a set of binos to a scope is a comparison but off ya go

Originally Posted by Gibo

Not sure a set of binos to a scope is a comparison but off ya go

But it is frustrating when you watch an animal with your binos then swap to the rifle and its too dark to see it with the scope!

Originally Posted by GravelBen

But it is frustrating when you watch an animal with your binos then swap to the rifle and its too dark to see it with the scope!

What scopes are comparable to binos? The distance to the eye for light is half if not less for the binos so of course you can see more.

Originally Posted by Gibo

What scopes are comparable to binos? The distance to the eye for light is half if not less for the binos so of course you can see more.

OK Gibo, explain that last bit please. How do binos halve the distance from your quarry to your eye?

Originally Posted by gadgetman

OK Gibo, explain that last bit please. How do binos halve the distance from your quarry to your eye?

Light from objective to your eye.

Originally Posted by Gibo

Light from objective to your eye.

Irrelevant as it will gain that in the distance from the quarry to the objective. What would matter more is the distance through glass and with most binos being fixed magnification that may be less than a variable power scope. Conversely with the shorter length with the binos the lenses will need to be thicker in order to bend the light more and it also has to go through a prism. I think the fact that both eyes are receiving light from the binos and that your brain can do some amazing processing to overlay the images would produce the different result.