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Thread: Starter binos for close bush

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    Quote Originally Posted by blip View Post
    I'm using stiener safaris. Seem pretty good to me. Send me a pm If your near me and you can have a look at them If you want.
    Same,only issue I have with them is the rubber eye cup things come off sometimes in the Bino bivvy.good glass and enough for most hunting situations.mine are 8x

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    Applying a restriction on weight will limit the overall size and so the objective diameter. Hunting the bush is different from glassing on the tops or the stationary viewing of slips in that the optics are raised to and then lowered from the eyes repeatedly between taking a few paces forward to open up new viewing avenues. It isn't just the raising and lifting. The rotational inertia of heavier binoculars also over time fatigues the wrists. 500grams seems a good upper limit and this unfortunately then excludes 42mm objectives.
    FOV is the next priority with the ability to quickly sweep a 180° window out to say 40 metres. As long as the resolution provides a high confidence that a part of a deer that is in view will be identified as such, then that is sufficient. Personally I'd exclude products with an angular FOV much less than 8°. Only a few 8x 30-32mm are engineered in this way. 6.5x or 7x to get a wider FOV is not really a compromise unless a single pair must serve other functions during a hunt.

    Like most topics, this has been covered before. Try here for example:
    https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co....27/index3.html

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    Google 'exit pupil' before you decide on a magnification. In low light a 6x36 would be brighter than it would be from a 10x50, glass being equal, due to the exit pupil being larger, and approaching the max the eye can use.

    My 10x42 Vortex diamondbacks have been fine for bush hunting, but if i had to do it again I'd go for the 8x42 for better brightness.

    Identify your target beyond all doubt because you never miss (right?) and I'll be missed.

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    Thanks guys! Loads of info, thanks Will look over all of this. @blip I appreciate that mate! We are on the shore, not too far. Will PM you soon. We go to north akl nzda whenever we are free, and the private land we get to go to isn’t far from you. Keen to catch up and learn from you any time.

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    no worries I work in albany so even after work a if you wanted to have a look
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    may be sarcastic may be a bad joke

 

 

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