Originally Posted by
mark22c
i've never ever found a good pair of zoom binoculars.
Absolutely right. You always pay for the zoom feature by the loss of some important property, optical and/or mechanical. Usually field of view, resolution, image brightness and mechanical reliability. Not really much else to sacrifice is there? Oh, yes, I forgot - they're usually heavier too.
Regards,
MikB
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