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I have recently purchased a pair of AOE 20x80T (triplet) binoculars. They are FMC and have Bak4 prisims and around 65 degrees field of view and around 4mm exit pupil, I love em.
I have looked through more expensive binos before and have never been real impressed by the view. For the money the AOE 20x80T's are surprisingly good. After using these, I wouldn't consider paying 800 odd dollars for a pair of binos. Sure the 800 dollar pair maybe 5% or so better in performance, but they will cost you +300% more, is it worth it???
I find they are best used with the eyeguards folded in (see all the field easier). I am also using a large video tripod with fluid head. This is great for bino use, nice smooth movments and no shaking/vibrations you get with a small stills or small vid tripod.
I recommend you try a more reasonably priced brand binoculars first (20x80's are great for astro use) and if you don't like em, you can post em on this forum or other astro buy/sell sites and ebay, and almost get your money back.
Cheers.
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