Binnoculars

[dhumpie]

Yo Rob,

Yes as Houghy said I have one of those AOE 20x80LW's. They are really good for the price I paid. They are extremely light (in fact they feel lighter than my old Saxon 15x70's) and my Optex T-560 photo tripod handles them with ease. Coatings are a superb fully broadband multicoated on all surfaces (including the Bak 4 prisms) and they come with a very nice rubber armor coating. The views are markedly contrastier than my old fully coated 15x70 Saxon's (probably also due to the magnification factor), but edgewise performance is about the same level with stars remaining sharp till about the last 15% of the FOV or so. Overall a very good buy. Check it out at :

http://www.aoe.com.au/aoe80lw.html

Hope that helps.

Darren

p/s: I have also written a mini review on my web site if you need more info.

[johnno]

Hi All,

Rob,
Have you considered the 11x56 Binocular.

I just re read your initial post,and see you have little interest,in daytime viewing,and would be using them for Astronomy.

I Got mine from A.O.E,and for,HANDHELD ASTRONOMY use,they are MY favourite.

The 56mm objectives,gather a good deal more light than 50mm,and 11x magnification,doesn,t cause Too much handshake.

Just a thought.
Regards.
John