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Old 17-01-2007, 06:27 PM
skies2clear
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I think that's right, Astro-physics endorsed these, so they must be pretty good. AOE also sells the same bino. A friend over here just bought the 15X70 from AOE, and says they are pretty damn good, and he is a very critical observer and also critical of optical quality.
Sounds like the best buy around, even at $450. He decided to go for the 15X70, rather than the lower mag (10.5 or 11X think), because of the much wider apparant field of view and the more practical and smaller sized exit pupil, versus the lower mag (and therefore easier to hold steady).
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