Nikon Travelite EX 8x25 Binoculars

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means that you can see more without having to adjust or fine-tune your focus. From a simple enjoyment aspect, it just means they provide It's pretty difficult to waterproof a compact reverse Porro design binocular and still have it easy to use. The binoculars are waterproof for five minutes up to a depth of 2 meters, which you'll never need to worry about while stargazing (or, to be honest, bird watching, unless you manage to drop them in a pond somehow!). The built-in zoom feature takes your magnification from 8x to an incredible 24x! The down side is that you must support yourself or the binocular when using the x24 setting as with increased magnifications the amount of image shake increases. You could consider getting an adjustable monopod to rest the optics on while you look through them at maximum zoom. We're compact binocular enthusiasts. Our first, good-quality binocular was the Nikon Diplomat and we used it for nearly everything.

TRAVELITE EX - Nikon

in an optical manufacturing plant in China. It looks to us as though Nikon got Nikon quality in the Travelite we tested. at its price point. While not perfect, the aspherical lenses again seemed to come into play and remarkably reduce chromaticWhen we realized a member of the OpticsReviewer team would be traveling to a number of Tennessee communities, If you're looking for magnification power in a small binocular, you'll be better served by stopping at 10X. The 8X25's exit pupil of 3.1mm would be better and the 12X25's 2.1mm significantly worse as far as transmitting light is concerned. A fully multi-coated optic lens makes these ecologically friendly binoculars, the go-to sighting device for short to mid-range viewing experience. Lateral Chromatic Aberration or ‘transverse chromatic aberration’, occurs when different color wavelengths coming at an angle focus at different positions along the same focal plane.

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One compact model that does significantly better than most reverse Porro prism designs is Bushnell's.

Other major elements include the size of the exit pupil and the quality of the glass used to make the prism.