Re: wide angle binoculars

"brucegooglegroups" <brucegooglegroups@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Alan,
Thanks for your response. There seems to be a general consensus in
articles and books I have read that price is a factor.

I had posted earlier that I had bought a pair of Scenix 7X50 that
weren't good and I returned them. So I think I may look for higher
optic quality.

Bruce,

Stars are tough on binoculars. When birding, I center birds to get good
views, and the edges are more aids in finding the target, so optical quality
at the very edge is not a big issue. For astronomy, we are often trying to
view large star clouds and such, and poor images on the brighter stars at
the edge of the field can be annoying. Unfortunately, there is usually a
price to pay for better detail at the edge.

Do you wear glasses? If you do, do they correct for astigmatism? The eye's
astigmatism is very harmful to good images, and anyone with astigmatism
should wear corrective lenses when using binoculars. If you wear glasses,
you need a binocular with enough eye relief to allow you to see the entire
field.

Clear skies, Alan

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