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    Three binoculars

    I started stalking in Feb 2008.
    To start I bought Zeiss Dekarem 10x50 off the bay, the older ones without the multi coatings.
    These are great to get going especially as I did not have anything else.
    After a while I realised about the later ones having multi coatings and bought a pair on the the bay.
    I could tell a difference in clarity and colour rendition, but it was not that great.

    About month ago I bought a pair of Ace Avian F 8x42 from Ace Cameras.
    In the shop I thought they were very slightly better than the later Dekarems.
    In use there was very little difference in optical quality.
    It can be a little tricky to compare 10x50 with 8x42 though.
    The Ace Avians were on a 14 day sale or return.
    They are very nice to use and much smaller than the Dekarems, but I could not justify the cost with little or no improvement optically.
    So I took them back and had a look on the net to see what to try next.

    I bought a pair of Zeiss 7x42 DIALYT T*P* about 6 years old, and I am really impressed, they are very good, decent eye reilef, not too big and not too heavy the optics are well worth the investment.
    T* indicates the latest and best multilayer coating of optics.
    P* indicates phase correction coatings of the prism.
    I would have prefered 8x56 but I could not find any apart from new at £930 which is a bit much to spend.
    It does speak volumes about the quality of the Dekarems though, they are very good.
    Last edited by jackg; 03-05-2009 at 09:01 PM.

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    I picked up a set of Zeiss Victory 8x42's off the 'bay for £500, hardly been out the box and the neck strap had never been fitted.

    Well everybody who look's through them wants to buy a pair, thats how good they are.

    Went to shoot a fox for a mate who came with me and I forgot my digital nv spotter (yes it was dark) and he sat there all night using the bino's and told me when the fox was comming across the next field

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    I rate the ace avians

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    Quote Originally Posted by nice one View Post
    I rate the ace avians

    Me too.

    Geoff.

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