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Old 17-07-2017, 09:01 PM
Wavytone
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Have you read this - and all the links it contains ?
The vixens are good but how deep are your pockets - it seems you could spend more on a set of eyepieces than the binocs...

https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/4...-apm-semi-apo/

Looks like Kowa > Oberwerk or APM > Vixen

The Kowa have superior transmission .. the Oberwerk are big heavy and have marginally better optics (triplet objectives and bigger prisms) than the APM ones (doublets) and both better than the Vixen cans.

The premium Japanese optics are still supreme over Chinese stuff but at a price.

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