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Originally Posted by Florin Ciuciu
.....You said you also own a pair of binoculars 30x100. I believe they are from AOE? How would you rate them? .....
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Yes they are AOE's. I've only had them a short time and only had a couple of viewing opportunities.
Unfortunately I ran into a problem - the knob on the central support bar locked up. Raff and Dan at AOE arranged prompt inspection and repair - and looked after me very well - thanks guys. They have just arrived back and I had a very quick look between clouds the other night. Now I'm interstate and cannot get back to them for a week or so.
I suspect they've had a bit of a bounce on the way back and are a little out of collimation. AOE tried - the box was covered with Fragile stickers!
Now I'm no expert (I haven't looked through any other binoculars apart from my own - except a pair of Andrews triplet 20x80s) so I'm hopeful that I can soon set them up for some more expert opinion to advise me - at a star party night. I must admit, I expected Saturn's rings to really jump out at me compared to my relatively cheap 20x80s. But they didn't - though I haven't really had good seeing or low/no wind or higher altitude the times I've tried.
If I understand correctly, brighter objects are probably not where they perform - mind you the Moon looks very impressive through them. The night I went searching for the Crab nebula (and finally looked in the right place!) it really did jump out, it was so clearly observable. But I need more experience and viewing time to pick out the texture in the nebula.
So Florin, I'm sorry it remains a "work in progress" - in a few more months I may have a better opinion and some more expert opinions.