Pentax sport optics

I've just spent a pleasant couple of hours with a friend who's a professional ornitholgist and uses binoculars around the £1,000 mark. He recommends a pair of 8 or 10 magnification, ideally 8. Above that, he says, you can't hold them steady enough without a tripod to get a stable image and the higher-magnification models "lose definition". I couldn't pin him down on a brand that sells for £100 or so but I suspect any name you have heard of will do the job. I use a pair of 8x40 Bushnell InstaFocus I bought about 30 years ago and can't fault them, even in very low light.

Good luck in your search

Al

Wilkinson Cameras in Carlisle stock binoculars, according to their website. They have a wide range of makes too.

At work we stock Hawke Optics, which are very good value for money. If you could stretch to around £300, the Frontier ED model is superb, one of our regular customers has just replaced his £1,000 Leicas with a pair.

If you can't stretch to those, the Endurance range is around £100 - £160, depending on model.

Dan

Thanks all for your help

Wilkinson Cameras are Pentax Pro dealers.
Should also have Nik?? and Lei??

shim

Jessops Sale! Binoculars up to half price.
These look good.

They do pentax cameras but not sport optics.Cheers shim

They look very good Mark but i couldn't possibly buy nikon

The eye relief quoted is too low for glass wearers. You need a minimum of 15mm and ideally 17/18mm.

Dave

I think Martin's like me doesn't use specs with cameras or
binoculars. I can't even attempt to look through bins with
specs on, might just manage if they were on a tripod.

shim

Shim,

As a glass wearer, I have no problem using specs if the eye-relief is correct. Just because the binos have rubber eye cups or twist up/twist down eyepieces does not in itself guarantee a good view. I need to be able to get my glasses as close as possible to the eyepieces. Perhaps you've never tried using binos with good eye-relief!

Infact on my K10, I find the eye-relief very acceptable with specs on and find the data easy enough to read.

Ye right shim allways take off my glasses to take pics so the binocs would be the same