Thread: 10x42 vs 8x42

Originally Posted by Bol Tackshin

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Haha - I hit 50 last week and need the magnification!

The Diamondback 10x42s suffer from quite bad aberration at the edges... There are reviews that confirms. That mine are average.

I can't speak for the 8x. See the pics - same view in the centre and again at the edge. The blue margin appears from about 1/3 way from the centre, and gets worse the closer you get to the edge - especially when there is high contrast. Other than that, they are well built and sharp and for the money, not a bad buy.

Edit: PS...
I'm quite fussy about things with lenses but live on a tight budget...
The pics are from a mobile and quite heavily cropped. The actual image has much better colour definition and is sharp across almost the entire field.

Thanks for the pictures and good input, i'm pretty easy in terms of quality of glass. These will be my first pair of binos and i'll probably upgrade sometime next year, i just need something for spotting animals on the farm. My dad has a pair of 17 year old Leica Geovids (10x42) and he's buying a new pair of 3200s in a few months so i'll get them, so i might just buy some 8x42s so then i'll have 10x42s and 8x42s. Thanks for taking the time to respond.